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Gordon, John Stuart

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Contributors and Note to the Reader

John Stuart Gordon

Description: A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery,...

A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950

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Author

John Stuart Gordon

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00002.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15203

Contributors and Note to the Reader

Contributors
John Stuart Gordon: JSG
Keely Orgeman: KO
Emily M. Orr: EMO
Pan Wendt: PW
Justin Woo: JW
Diane C. Wright: DCW

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Yale University Art Gallery: YUAG
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: YUAG Bulletin

Dimensions are given as height by width by depth or height (H.) by diameter (DIAM.).

The location and date of design, manufacture, etc., are given sequentially after the title of the object. For objects with multiple constituents (i.e., a designer and a manufacturer), qualifiers such as designed, manufactured, or introduced precede the location and/or date. In the absence of such qualifiers, the location and/or date apply to all constituents. If a date or location is not provided, it is unknown.

The term introduced indicates when the company put the object to market.

Probably indicates a probable place of origin/date; possibly indicates a lesser degree of certainty.

If an object is a later variation, the date of the variation is given last and is preceded by the words this example.

Wherever possible, woods and fibers have been identified through microanalysis.

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BOOKA Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950

John Stuart Gordon

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15198

Americans living in the first decades of the twentieth century felt they inhabited a modern age. A spirit of excitement and experimentation transformed the world around them, in particular the consumer goods that filled their homes and offices. A Modern World draws upon the renowned collection of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery to explore the appearance and dissemination of modern design in the United States. This catalogue organizes roughly 300 examples of silver, glass, industrial design, furniture, medals, jewelry, and printed textiles into thematic groups that chart the aesthetic and social trends that defined American design from the Jazz Age to the Space Age. The authors consider modernism broadly—from handmade luxury goods to mass-produced housewares—establishing a context for the objects within larger international developments in architecture, avant-garde art, and scientific innovation. New research and compelling juxtapositions offer an expanded understanding of the era, and designer biographies and corporate chronologies help make this catalogue a valuable resource.

Author

John Stuart Gordon

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Yale University Press

Print publication date December 2011 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300153019

EISBN 9780300232493

Illustrations 348 illus.

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