Draws on a wide array of paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photographs, jewelry, and other artworks from the collections of London's Victoria &amp; Albert Museum to illuminate the sensuous, frequently erotic content of the Art Nouveau style.

Art Nouveau and the Erotic

Arts & Photography

Wood, Ghislaine

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harry N. Abrams

An overview of the Art Deco era is a companion of the "Art Deco 1910-1939" exhibition, traces the contributors and influences that shaped the style, and includes lavish international pictorial examples of such elements as jewelry, automobiles, and architecture.

Essential Art Deco

Photography & Video

Bulfinch

Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 9781851772957 / / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 20 x 22 cm / 96 .pp /

V&A Publications

From the sensuality of Salvador Dalí’s “Mae West Lips Sofa” to Elsa Schiaparelli’s extraordinary “Tear” dress, Surrealism produced some of the most emotive objects of the twentieth century. In this important study, published to accompany a major international exhibition, Ghislaine Wood examines in detail Surrealism’s influence in the fields of design and the decorative arts and its sometimes uneasy relationship with the commercial world. A celebration of contradiction, Surreal Things presents a dizzying range of works from Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, and many others, in media as varied as painting, sculpture, works on paper, book bindings, jewelry, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, fashion, film and photography. Many works are published here for the first time.

Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design

History & Criticism

Victoria & Albert Museum

From the sensuality of Salvador Dalí’s “Mae West Lips Sofa” to Elsa Schiaparelli’s extraordinary “Tear” dress, Surrealism produced some of the most emotive objects of the twentieth century. In this important study, published to accompany a major international exhibition, Ghislaine Wood examines in detail Surrealism’s influence in the fields of design and the decorative arts and its sometimes uneasy relationship with the commercial world. A celebration of contradiction, Surreal Things presents a dizzying range of works from Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, and many others, in media as varied as painting, sculpture, works on paper, book bindings, jewelry, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, fashion, film and photography. Many works are published here for the first time.

SURREAL THINGS: SURREALISM AND DESIGN /ANGLAIS

VICTORIA ALBERT

The representation of the body, and particularly the female body, provides a common thread through the activities of the Surrealists. This work explores the widespread adoption of this imagery.

The Surreal Body: Fetish and Fashion

V&A Publishing

Art Deco by the Sea is a major new book and exhibition examining British coastal culture between the First and Second World Wars. Beautifully illustrated, the book will trace how the British seaside changed during a new age of mass tourism. It will examine how coastal resorts developed and how the networks of transport that serviced them - by road, rail and sea - were modernised. The book will celebrate iconic examples of Art Deco architecture, from hotels and apartment blocks to piers, cinemas and sea fronts and will show how Art Deco became the key style for pleasure and entertainment. It will also feature seaside companies including Poole Pottery, E.K. Cole Ltd and Crysede known for their striking modern designs. The book will also explore how the seaside changed during the 1920s and 30s with the advent of the heathy body culture, when sunbathing, swimming and a host of other outdoor activities became fashionable. The development of amenities such as lidos and golf courses changed the look of seaside resorts while holiday camps such as Butlin's provided new types of holiday experience. The book will feature Deco fashions and the more ephemeral and popular culture of the seaside from theatre performances, circuses, fairgrounds, casinos and fun fairs.

Art Deco by the Sea

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

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Art Nouveau and the Erotic

Essential Art Deco

Art Nouveau and the Erotic

Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design

SURREAL THINGS: SURREALISM AND DESIGN /ANGLAIS

The Surreal Body: Fetish and Fashion

Art Deco by the Sea