Interior Design Since 1900: Fourth Edition (World of Art)

Product Description From the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day, and from Art Nouveau and Bauhaus to hi-tech and green design, every style of interior design since 1900 is charted in this wide-ranging survey. Design in the 20th century saw an extraordinary evolution, with the emergence of professional interior designers and the growing appetite to redesign homes at frequent intervals. In recent decades the focus has been on sustainable design in public spaces such as offices, factories and ships. Anne Massey explores these developments in social, political, economic and cultural contexts. More than 200 illustrations of interiors from around the world, from William Morris’s drawing room to a 21st-century aircraft, reveal the fundamental changes in taste and style from Art Deco to Pop and from the Streamline Moderne to Post-Modernism. < This volume has been a classic introduction to the subject for almost thirty years. The new, fourth edition is brought up to date with a chapter on transnational design, encompassing mid-century modernist work in Singapore and Sri Lanka as well as very recent interiors for spaces as varied as luxury hotels in Dubai and a contemporary art museum in Cape Town. Anne Massey shows how a shared language of design and cutting-edge technology are reshaping interiors around the globe. Review Through these books, art becomes more accessible --David Hockney The single most influential series of art books ever published --Apollo Outstanding exceptionally authoritative and well illustrated --Sunday Times For anyone seriously interested in the visual arts, it s hard to imagine life without Thames & Hudson s World of Art --The Times Educational Supplement Has single-handedly done for arts publishing what Penguin achieved for fiction and literature --The Daily Telegraph The single most influential series of art books ever published --Apollo Outstanding exceptionally authoritative and well illustrated --Sunday Times Through these books, which almost anyone can afford, art becomes more accessible --David Hockney Terrific --R. B. Kitaj Quality art books a comprehensive range of quality art books Frank Auerbach For anyone seriously interested in the visual arts, it s hard to imagine life without Thames & Hudson s World of Art --The Times Educational Supplement An extraordinarily rich and varied series --Linda Nochlin Wonderful --Gilbert & George The established authority --The Art Newspaper Well-written, informative and admirably illustrated guides --The Financial Times Outstanding --Art Quarterly A godsend of a series --Art Review Slim volumes at the heart of art --Daily Telegraph Has single-handedly done for arts publishing what Penguin achieved for fiction and literature --Daily Telegraph A wonderful series --Joe Tilson Wonderful --Anthony Caro Authoritative, succinct, full of insight, imaginative and thought-provoking --Marina Vaizey Brings text and images of high quality within the reach of millions --Sir Nicholas Serota This kind of book at this kind of price is what art publishing should be about --The New York Times Book Review Thames & Hudson s World of Art is not only well established but world famous for its collection of low-priced but high quality discussions of specific topics in art --Contemporary Art Book Description A one-volume guide to the world’s most iconic and important interiors, from William Morris’s home in London to the retail and leisure spaces of the contemporary globalized world. About the Author Anne Massey is a design curator, researcher and writer. She has organised exhibitions at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as well as contributing to exhibition catalogues published by the Haus de Kunst, Munich; the V & A; the Whitechapel Gallery and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. She studied the history of modern art and design at Northumbria University, where she also awarded her PhD. She has worked as