Author : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300106408
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Glamour by : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Download or read book Glamour written by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue revises our understanding of glamour in the fields of fashion, industrial design, and architecture. Tracing glamour's trajectory from Hollywood's golden age to its present-day connotations of affluence, this illustrated volume presents an array of postwar couture, jewelry, automobile, furniture, and built and unbuilt architecture - all of which share an affinity for richly decorative patterning, complex layering, and sumptuous materials.