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Author:

Eisenman, Stephen.

Title:

Design in the age of Darwin : from William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright / Stephen F. Eisenman, with Corinne Granof.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

vii, 141 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882--Influence--Exhibitions.
Art and design--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
Art and design--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
Decoration and ornament--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
Decoration and ornament--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--Great Britain--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--Great Britain--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--United States--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Granof, Corinne.
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art.

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University ... May 9-August 24, 2008." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Design in the age of Darwin: from William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright / Stephen F. Eisenman -- Louis Sullivan, Herbert Spencer, and the medium of architecture / David Van Zanten -- Designing evolution: Darwin's illustrations / Jacob W. Lewis -- Evolution and homogenic love in C.R. Ashbee's guild of handicraft / Angelina Lucento -- C.F.A. Voysey: an aesthetic of independence and interdependence / Zirwat Chowdhury.

ISBN:

0810152045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810152045 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008010222

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)