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The problem of the house : French domestic life and the rise of modern architecture
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- Creator
- Alex T. Anderson
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0295986328, 9780295986326
- OCLC
- ocm64230049
- "A McLellan book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-206) and index.
- Ch.1. Raising up the bourgeois home : The ordinary supersedes the extraordinary at the Expositions Universelle ; Structural rationalism and the new French house ; The liberalization of the bourgeois French interior ; Domestic themes in the fine arts -- Ch. 2. Design and domestic settings: The Salons d'Automne of 1910 to 1913 : 1910: The German challenge ; 1911: Constructeur/coloriste ; 1912: Un Salon Bourgeois ; 1913: The good and well-made thing -- Ch. 3. The war, house reconstruction, and furniture production -- Ch. 4. The end of decorative art, the hour of architecture : Toward a union of modern designers ; The end of decorative art ; The hour of architecture in France ; The architectes-décorateurs ; French modern architecture