Pioneers of modernism : the arts and crafts movement in Australia / Harriet Edquist.
Pioneers of modernism : the arts and crafts movement in Australia / Harriet Edquist.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
Q720.22209/2
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
267 p. : col. ill. plans, facsims., ; 27 cm.
Contents
1. The move to modernism -- 2. The reformed house -- 3. Regional responses : homesteads and rural retreats -- 4. Informal living : the bungalow -- 5. Collaborations : furniture and the interior -- 6. Garden craft -- 7. 'The beauty of life' : religious and commemorative architecture -- 8. The new cit...
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2007.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2007.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Between 1890 and 1930, a number of Australian architects and garden designers were heavily influenced by British and American Arts and Crafts movements. This book explores the work of four of Australia's most radical and innovative Arts and Crafts architects, Walter Butler, Harold Desbrowe-Annear, Walter Liberty Vernon and Robin Dods.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pioneers of modernism : the arts and crafts movement in Australia / Harriet Edquist.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Miegunyah volumes. ; 2nd series, no.97.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 248-253.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Q720.22209/2
Record Identifier
74VK3gPymL23
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3gPymL23
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0522851789 (hbk.)
9780522851786 (hbk.)
DDC
720.2220994
MMS ID
991023824049702626