Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was one of the most important decorative artists working in Paris at the turn of the century. His distinctive and original posters and his decorative panels in le style Mucha became almost synonymous with French Art Nouveau. The admirer and iconographer of Sarah Bernhardt, he was also well known as the creator of familiar advertisements and as a book illustrator. Yet there was much more to Mucha’s achievement than this. At the height of his career as a decorative artist, he became convinced that art should serve ideas, he became chief artistic and cultural adviser to the interwar Czech government, and he completed a major and controversial fresco cycle, the Slav Epic, as well as portraits and large symbolic paintings. This book―the first full-scale treatment of Mucha’s entire oeuvre―includes discussions and reproductions of paintings, posters, panneaux decoratifs, pastels, drawings, and illustrations from throughout his career. In addition, the authors provide essays on Mucha’s Paris years; his association with Sarah Bernhardt; the importance of American patronage on his later work; his graphic and painterly techniques; and the problems connected with the conservation of the large canvases. This lavishly illustrated book is the catalogue for an exhibition of Mucha’s work that will tour the United States, beginning in San Diego in 1998. Published in association with Art Services International, Washington, D.C.

Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau

Arts & Photography

Arwas, Victor

Brabcová-Orlíková, Jana

Dvorák, Anna

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Alphonse Mucha

This book reproduces over fifty of Mucha's best and most famous lithographs for posters, panneaux and book illustrations in full colour, together, with an introductory essay with discusses the life and work of this important aned influential artist, the "Master of Art Nouveau".

Individual Artists

St Martins Pr

Art Deco Sculpture: Chryseloephantine Statues of the Twenties and Thirties

St.Martin's Press

Bronze and ivory sculptures in the Art Deco style have become the stars of every major collection of the period. They are the epitomy of their era, reflecting the excitement of the Ballet Russe, the expressionism of silent movies, the simplification of form in 20th century art and the sheer fun of the hyper realistic craftsmanship of their creators. Partly cast in bronze and partly carved, with astonishing skill, in ivory, some were made in Paris by such sculptors as Chiparus, who created hiaratic figures of exotically clad dancers and heroines of mythology, ballet and opera. Others came from Berlin and ranged from the exquisitly beautiful and wholesome girls by Preiss and Poertzel, Philippe and Harders to the strict and bizarre leather clad amazons of Bruno Zach; while others still came from Vienna where the dancers and nudes by Lorenzl and Daka. All the great figures are gathered here in full colour. Their background, history, technique and development are discussed in depth and there is an extensive list of biographies of the artists as well as the identification of the editing firms and foundaries.

Art Deco Sculpture

A sumptuous feast for the eyes, and rich in historic detail, The Stocking Book is a lively and lovely paean to the world’s most alluring garment. Often overlooked, the stocking has always been as outrageous as it is practical, from the ancient world all the way up to modern era. Arwas navigates the creation of the stocking, from the first knitters to mass manufacturing and the invention of nylon, and explores its many uses, from a practical garment worn by both sexes to the extravagant, luxury items they have become today. Sifting through decades of art, Arwas delves into the explosive cultural sensation of the stocking, from the role they have played on the runway to the phenomenon of the Christmas stocking. Complete with full-color illustrations and photos, as well as cultural commentary, The Stocking Book is bursting at the seams with its delightful and irreverent history.

Stocking Book

History

Skirt

Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

An extensively researched, photographic survey of the opulent art style which arose in the 1920s traces its entire evolutionary course in every medium, in both Europe and America, to its present popularity

Art Deco

A photographic survey of the opulent art style which arose in the 1920s traces its entire evolutionary course in every medium, in both Europe and America, to its present popularity.

Art Deco (Revised Edition)

Harry N. Abrams

Berthon & Grasset (Art Nouveau)

Academy Editions

The Art of Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco

This introduction to the most innovative period of glass making in the twentieth century is a beautifully illustrated reference guide to the work of the great designers and firms of the time. This book was published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name at the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery in England, 1996. With over 150 illustrations, 100 in color.

Rizzoli

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