{"product_id":"art-nouveau-by-klaus-jurgen-sembach","title":"Art Nouveau by Klaus-Jurgen Sembach","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9783822830062\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTASCHEN America Llc, March 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNatural forms in the technical age: Art Nouveau crafts, architecture, and furniture design\u003c\/span\u003e Art Nouveau, whose emergence at the same time as cinema was no mere coincidence, represents the most remarkable attempt to reconcile the demands of the technical age with the undying wish for beauty and glorification—or to pit them against the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere the reform movement of the turn of the century is not only dealt with as an artistic event, but those economic and political interests which inspired, supported, and handicapped it are also taken into account. In the chapters \"Movement,\" \"Unrest\", and \"Equilibrium,\" the historical phenomenon as a whole is characterised and is also presented with its own distinct local features. The centres of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrussels, Nancy, Barcelona, Glasgow, Helsinki\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChicago\u003c\/span\u003e are dealt with in subchapters as are \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMunich, Darmstadt\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWeimar\u003c\/span\u003e. Finally, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVienna\u003c\/span\u003e, that city in which the synthesis achieved its culmination, is described separately. The outstanding artists are examined in detail in connection with the respective cities of their greatest activity. The result is a complex picture of the symbiosis of architecture, furniture design, and craftsmanship with their corresponding approaches to artistic revitalization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47511750279330,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/images_b1c5d342-5de2-4b6f-a36e-a29e07b4c11f.jpg?v=1786439193","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/art-nouveau-by-klaus-jurgen-sembach","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}