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Description: Scottish architect designer and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of modern architecture and design. While he did not receive much recognition in his hometown of Glasgow during his lifetime his bold new blend of simplicity and poetic detail inspired modernists across Europe. Mackintosh's avant - garde approach embraced a variety of media as well as fresh stylistic devices. His multi - faceted oeuvre incorporated architecture furniture graphic design landscapes and flower studies. He embraced strong lines elegant proportions and natural motifs combining an adventurous dose of japonisme with a modernist sensibility for function. He preferred bold black typography restrained shapes and tall generous windows suffusing rooms with light. Much of his work was collaborative practice with his wife fellow artist Margaret Macdonald. The couple made up half of the loose Glasgow collective known as The Four ; the other two were Margaret's sister Frances and her husband Herbert Mac Nair. On the continent the Glasgow Style was met with delight. In Italy Germany and in particular Austria artists of the Viennese Secession and Art Nouveau drew much from its rectilinear yet lyrical forms. In this introductory book we take in Mackintosh's practice across art architecture and design to explore his particular combination of the statuesque and sensual and its vital influence on modernist expression across Europe. Featured projects include his complete scheme for the Willow Tea Rooms and the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art widely considered Mackintosh's masterwork.
Title: Mackintosh
Author(s): Taschen
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836561600
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 1/27/2017
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Architects & Architectural Firms
Description: Scottish architect designer and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of modern architecture and design. While he did not receive much recognition in his hometown of Glasgow during his lifetime his bold new blend of simplicity and poetic detail inspired modernists across Europe. Mackintosh's avant - garde approach embraced a variety of media as well as fresh stylistic devices. His multi - faceted oeuvre incorporated architecture furniture graphic design landscapes and flower studies. He embraced strong lines elegant proportions and natural motifs combining an adventurous dose of japonisme with a modernist sensibility for function. He preferred bold black typography restrained shapes and tall generous windows suffusing rooms with light. Much of his work was collaborative practice with his wife fellow artist Margaret Macdonald. The couple made up half of the loose Glasgow collective known as The Four ; the other two were Margaret's sister Frances and her husband Herbert Mac Nair. On the continent the Glasgow Style was met with delight. In Italy Germany and in particular Austria artists of the Viennese Secession and Art Nouveau drew much from its rectilinear yet lyrical forms. In this introductory book we take in Mackintosh's practice across art architecture and design to explore his particular combination of the statuesque and sensual and its vital influence on modernist expression across Europe. Featured projects include his complete scheme for the Willow Tea Rooms and the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art widely considered Mackintosh's masterwork.
Title: Mackintosh
Author(s): Taschen
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836561600
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 1/27/2017
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Architects & Architectural Firms
