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049			_aCARIBET
050			_aNK1390 _bM37 1995
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082	0	4	_a709.0402 _220
100	1		_aMarcus, George H.
245	1	0	_aFunctionalist design : _ban ongoing history / _cGeorge H. Marcus. _htxt
264			_aNew York _bPrestel-Verlag _c1995
300			_a168 p. : _bill.; photo.; col. ; _c24 cm. _fbook
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediaded _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 166-167) and index.
505			_aPlates Fitness for purpose Absence of Ornament Standardization Revolution in metal Machine art The bauhaus style Where are we are?
520			_aIn this copiously illustrated volume, George H. Marcus presents a corrective history of functionalism, the aesthetic that defined the course of progressive design in this century, and his work is particularly illuminating with regard to the use of color in architecture and design. Tracing the development of functionalism from Victorian times, Marcus establishes its basis as socially beneficial and without allegiance to style, material, or context. All that changed as the.
520			_adefinition of functionalism narrowed and became closely identified with metal furniture, industrial materials, and austerity in the 1930s and was subsequently redefined simply as a modernist style. With the advent of postmodernism, functionalism has been overshadowed, but its classic designs - the metal furniture of Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Marcel Breuer - are now becoming broadly accessible, fulfilling social goals promoted over a century ago. The.
520			_aprofileration of these designs today, however, belies the difficulties of bringing them into production. Based on his archival research, Marcus documents the history of their manufacture and sheds new light on the creation and dissemination of some of the most important examples of modern design.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aDesign _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aDecorative arts _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aFunctionalism in art _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aDesign, Industrial _xHistory _y20th century.
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