The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfs’s wifemystery novelist Anna Katharine Greento his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gust
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| Title | : | The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (468 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300139098 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-11-25 |
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Editorial : "Charles Rohlfs was active as a furniture designer for a relatively short time, but his influence has been quite extensive. This erudite and comprehensive biographical catalog explains how."—Maine Antique Digest
Charles Rohlfs (18531936) ranked among the most innovative furniture makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, his beautiful works grew out of an interesting mix of styles that included Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and proto-modernism. This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information. Alongside traditional historical approaches, the book presents detailed formal, structural, and stylistic analyses of Rohlfs’s well-known masterpieces from major museums, together with lesser-known objects in public and private collections. Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfs’s wifemystery novelist Anna Katharine Greento his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gustav Stickley’s designs; his commissioned interiors; his eff
This book touched on plenty of relevant things for me as an artist. It retailed for $45 full price and should be significantly cheaper on Amazon that the hardback being offered.. This work by Rohlfs absolutely blows my mind. With under 6 most or so too live .. The essays are interesting, but my favorite is one I almost missed after the technical photographs of xrays in the back: an essay which describes how the Venetian painters were at a remarkable crossroads of shared experimentation in color including glassmakers, creators of fabric dyes, and other tradesmen that contributed to a new world of color effects in paint. I can clearly see why his work is so highly collected today, although I can't understand why it's taken so long to give him the kudos he deserves. A must for the student and lover of the Renaissance and Venice in particular.. To know such a person is a rare occurance. If you're looking for interiors that aren't patently ridiculous, look elsewhere. Not only is this book t
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