Modernism & Decorative Arts In France

Modernism & The Decorative Arts In France: Art Nouveau To Le Corbusier by Troy, Nancy 300pp 163 b/w & 22 coloured illusts; very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Troy argues that the decorative arts are vitally important to understanding early 20th century modernism. She investigates Le Corbusier's interaction with the French decorators, the French artists reluctance to collaborate with industrialists, the Cubists interventions in the decorative arts, Le Corbusier's early career as an interior decorator etc. From the library of a Professor ex Werrington House ( 1832) All Arts Bookshop