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Making the Modern: Industry, Art, and Design in America

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In this ambitious book, Terry Smith chronicles the modernist revolution in American art and design between the world wars—from its origins in the new industrial age of mass production, automation, and corporate culture to its powerful and transforming effects on the way Americans came to see themselves and their world. From Ford Motor's first assembly line in 1913 to the New York World's Fair of 1939, Smith traces the evolution of visual imagery in the first half of America's century of progress.

Language: English

Pages: 528

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: January 01, 1994

ISBN: 0226763471

ISBN 13: 9780226763477

Making the Modern: Industry, Art, and Design in America

3.3/5 ( ratings)

In this ambitious book, Terry Smith chronicles the modernist revolution in American art and design between the world wars—from its origins in the new industrial age of mass production, automation, and corporate culture to its powerful and transforming effects on the way Americans came to see themselves and their world. From Ford Motor's first assembly line in 1913 to the New York World's Fair of 1939, Smith traces the evolution of visual imagery in the first half of America's century of progress.

Language: English

Pages: 528

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: January 01, 1994

ISBN: 0226763471

ISBN 13: 9780226763477

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