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

by John Stuart Gordon

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300153015
• ISBN13: 9780300153019
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 6.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.4" x 12.2"