De Stijl (World of Art)

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The name De Stijl, title of a magazine founded in the Netherlands in 1917, is now used to identify the abstract art and functional architecture of its major contributors: Mondrian, Van Doesburg, Van der Leck, Oud, Wils and Rietveld. De Stijl achieved international acclaim by the end of the 1920s and its paintings, buildings and furniture made fundamental contributions to the modern movement. This book is the first to emphasize the local context of De Stijl and explore its relationship to the distinctive character of Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were intimately connected to contemporary developments in the fields of urban planning, advertising, interior design and exhibition design. The book describes the interaction between the world of mass culture and the fine arts.

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A mere pamphlet

The Rietveld Schröder House
Ida van Zijl , and Bertus Mulder
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1568982127

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Schroder House, built in 1924 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the first and perhaps the most famous structure designed by revered de Stijl architect Gerrit Rietveld. A pilgrimage site for architects and historians, this small townhouse is considered the first truly modern residence. Its revolutionary open-plan layout provided an alternative to confining small rooms, its strip windows broke down the barrier between inside and outside, and its primary color scheme and shifting wall planes were symbols of its rupture with tradition. This title on the building's history presents a wealth of new information, including new photographs showing details uncovered in the recent restoration, archival images from when the house was built, and floor plans of each level of the house. It also contains material from the extensive archive amassed by the client, as well as information provided by Bertus Mulder, Rietveld's assistant at the time the house was built.

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A mere pamphlet.......2001-11-01

Really more a history , with some B/W pictures, plus a few tiny floor plans/elevations on the last page. Does not explain its construction.

Piet Mondrian 1872-1944: Structures in Space (Basic Art Series, 40)

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Piet Mondrian 1872-1944: Structures in Space (Basic Art Series, 40)
Susanne Deicher , and Piet Mondrian
Manufacturer: Benedikt Taschen Verlag
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Binding: Paperback

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Masters of Art: Mondrian (Masters of Art Series)

ASIN: 3822888850

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review of Mondrian - Structures in Space.......2000-05-13

A good overall introductory-level book of Mondrian's work. Lots of full-color illustrations, many full page, and relatively short text make this book easy for the reader who is developing an interest in Mondrian's work.

The author places Mondrian's work within the context of the times it was made, discussing concurrent developments and how other artist's work was influential on Mondrian, and how his work in turn influenced other artists. Several illustrations reproduce the work of these other artists.

The text is both biographical and developmental, as the various periods of Mondrian's work are all discussed, from his earliest Hague school-influenced landscapes through his Cubist inspired works to his mature Neo-Plastic paintings.

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There is no shortage of books about Le Corbusier, or Mies van der Rohe, or De Stijl. This one is different, however, in a number of ways. First, it does not treat them as separate subjects, but in relation to each other. While their response to De Stijl throws some new light on Le Corbusier and Mies, it is above all De Stijl who can be defined in relation to them. Second, the purpose is to excavate the philosophical foundations of their work, rather than to merely describe and discuss the work itself. Third, Padovan looks for connections between the aims and ideals of the 1920s and such "post-modern" concerns as the creation of habitable "places" and the survival of the historical city.

Adriaan Willaert, ca. 1490-1562: Leven en werk : stijl en genres (Symbolae)

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Adriaan Willaert, ca. 1490-1562: Leven en werk : stijl en genres (Symbolae)
Ignace Bossuyt
Manufacturer: Universitaire Pers Leuven
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ASIN: 9061861829

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Art and Environment 1917-1932
De Stijl
Manufacturer: Kawade Shobo Shin-Sha
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The Artists of De Stijl: A Guide to the Literature (Art Reference Collection)

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The Artists of De Stijl: A Guide to the Literature (Art Reference Collection)
Donald Langmead
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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This guide summarizes and evaluates the available literature concerning the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl, which was headed by art critic and painter Theo van Doesburg and was comprised of such architects and artists as J.J.P. Oud, Piet Mondrian, Rovbert van 't Hoff and Georges Vantongerloo. The loose-knit group took its name from the avant garde journal they first published in October 1917: De Stijl (The Style). Although it was limited to Holland, De Stijl promoted ideas about a universal art, combining tenets of theosophy, an holistic view of the oneness of all things, including arts and culture, and socialism. This bibliography examines publications that deal with the movement and with affiliated groups and individual members. Art historians and scholars of modern and of Dutch art and architecture will appreciate this comprehensive tool for further research. Within individual sections for the movement and for its members, entries are chronologically arranged with separate categories for books, monographs and catalogs, and periodicals. A final section analyzes and presents the contents of the journal De Stijl.

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Edited by Norberto Gramaccini.

6.25 x 9.5 in.
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Silvia: Chronicle of Painting
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Silvia: Chronicle of Painting
Norberto Gramaccini
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The Birth of a Century: Early Color Photographs of America
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The Birth of a Century: Early Color Photographs of America
Jim Hughes , and William Henry Jackson
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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The Birth of a Century: Early Color Photographs of America

Manufacturer: Tauris Parke Books
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A book that turns back the clock for Women.......2002-01-25

Women deserve better. Women can have both a career and great kids. If you believe this book you cannot do both. A waste of good paper.

Awesome Information.......2000-10-21

As a girl, I had no idea how motherhood would be. This book openned my eyes to the actual struggles that mothers deal with. Before reading this book I was uncertain when married, if I wanted to stay at home with my kids or not. After reading Mother in the Middle and all the studies and facts they presented, I felt like a experienced mother had taken me under her wing and shared truth -- clearing up all the other arguments. I realized how much a working mom has to overcome from trying to actually make money, to the underdevelopment of children placed in day-care. I would recommed this book to all women, all ages because it changed my thinking so dramatically.

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The Family Circus: Peace, Mommy, Peace!

Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Peace, Mommy, Peace!

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Mother in the Middle: Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars

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Mother in the Middle: Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars
Deborah Shaw; Yoest, Charmaine Crouse Lewis
Manufacturer: Zondervan
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Peace Mommy Peace - the Family Circus
Bil Keane
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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This monograph addresses the return side of the decision to use interest rate swaps or other interest-rate-contingent claims. Because the economic costs of decisions related to a company's policies toward debt maturities are important to stock price performance, the analysis in this monograph has practical implications for investment analysts. Brooks demonstrates how an at-the-market swap with a risk premium can have a significant impact on the expected return from using the swap.

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The Best Book in the World. And I mean it........1997-07-01

A 10? Can't we go any higher? This book is definatley a 12. I cannot even explain how entertaining this book was, I have read it at least 6 times since I was given this book last March. I will only say that this is definatley one of those books that should be on the required reading lists for all schools. Overall I should say that this book is an all time best. Definate 12

Almost as good as the Necromennon.......1997-06-26

What can we say, obviously this is a book that any full-blodded American can relate to. I consider this book the finest example of pure literary skill at its finest. I especially enjoyed the chapter describing the fair as "rambunctiously Christian" with "people praising the lord at all corners". Chapter 9 says it all about the book in the 3 little words of "I love God", well, I love this book. The only reason I gave this book a 9 is because the forward by Paul Cruchow was not the best example of grammar that I would expect, even from my 3rd grade class, such phrases as "Yuck yuck, you'll love this book." and "Why if I knew how to write as good as Mr Amato I'd be a pure literary star, chuck full of star stuff, yup I wanna be like Amato, or as I like to call him, TAmato." I mean what kind of a run on no sense sentance is this? Well, I guess the rest of this book makes up for Paul's illiteracy. I would encourage the reading of this book to any person of any age. "The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus" is also makes a great gift. I thank Mr. Joseph A. Amato for this wonderful literary treat.

Sometimes wanting to do the "right thing" isn't right........1997-01-18

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Before World War I, Southern women's participation in the workforce consisted of black women's domestic labor and white working-class women's industrial or manufacturing work, but after the war, Southern women flooded business offices as stenographers, typists, clerks, and bookkeepers. This book examines their experiences in the clerical workforce, using both traditional labor sources and exploring the cultural institutions that evolved from these women's work-related milieu.
Businessmen throughout the South molded this workforce to meet their needs using both labor-saving management techniques and exploiting social mores to enforce gender boundaries that limited women's workplace opportunities. This study traces the social and economic implications of Southern women's increased participation in clerical labor after World War I. While it increased the civic activities of white middle-class southern women, it also confined them to a routinized days work and limited venues of occupational achievement. Through a varied network of business women's clubs and organizations, women struggled with their new identities as workers and attempted to integrate their work lives with their community and family obligations.
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