C.R. Mackintosh: the Poetics Workmanship

Author:   Brett
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
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9780674540651


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 August 1992
Format:   Hardback
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C.R. Mackintosh: the Poetics Workmanship


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Between 1896 and 1906, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) produced a series of buildings and interiors in and around Glasgow of such startling invention that he immediately established himself as one of the truly great figures in early twentieth-century architecture and design. David Brett argues that Mackintosh's originality was grounded in a highly subjective poetics of workmanship, in which the structure, features, interiors, and furnishings of each individual building became subject to a unifying system of forms, metaphors, and unconscious associations. The system Mackintosh evolved--which began with his early drawing shaped by the Victorian tradition of art botany--allowed for the formulation of an almost infinite series of ensembles. After focusing on the various decorative details and interior spaces of Mackintosh's buildings, the author reaches to the heart of Mackintosh's poetic system--the diffused eroticism of the sleek, feminine, and intensely private white interiors. A notable feature of this persuasive reappraisal of Mackintosh's work is the wealth of photographs by the author showing rarely featured details of buildings, interiors, and furnishings.

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Author:   Brett
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780674540651


ISBN 10:   0674540654
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 August 1992
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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