American Art Nouveau

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1979 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 311 (1) pp, acknowledgments, INTRODUCTION: ART NOUVEAU -- A GENERAL DISCUSSION: Original Definition; Art Historical Definitions; Art Nouveau in America. I. THE AMERICAN CULTURAL RENAISSANCE, 1876-1893: Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic Message, 1882; The Artist Craftsman Ideal; The Knight Errant, 1892; Art at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. II. LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY AND ART NOUVEAU APPLIED ARTS IN AMERICA: Art and Industry; New Concepts of American Interior Design, 1876-1904; American Glass and Art Nouveau Window; American Silver; Glass Vases and Pottery. III. LOUIS SULLIVAN AND AMERICAN ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE: The Transportation Building, Chicago, 1823; Sullivan's Style "Sources" and "Affinites"; The Auditorium Theater Interior, Chicago, 1886-1888; The Getty Tomb, Chicago, 1890; The Guaranty Building, Buffalo, 1894-1895; Sullivan's Concept of Ornament; European and American Art Nouveau Architectural Design; Sullivan's Work as Art Nouveau. IV. WILL H. BRADLEY AND THE POSTER AND PERIODICAL MOVEMENTS, 1893-1897: Development of the Poster; The "Poster" Style; The Periodical and Poster "Craze"; Will H. Bradley and American Art Nouveau Graphic Design; The Decline of the Aesthetic; The Philistine. V. DECORATIVE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN AMERICA: Photography and Japanese Prints: The New Classicism; The Symbolist Attitude; Decorative Painting, Graphic Illustration, and Symbolist Themse; Sculpture. CONCLUSION: The Search for Meaning; The Decorative; Louis H. Sullivan and Maurice Denis; Unity of Design; American Art Nouveau. chronology, notes, bibliography; index; photocredits with 394 illustrations, including 41 tipped-in plates in full color. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with blind stamp design to front board and lettering to spine..