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Interior Design of the 20th Century (World of Art)

1 review
Anne Massey

Thames & Hudson, 2001

great
the service was fast the book was cheap and great quality overall and excellent experience

Designing Liners: A History of Interior Design Afloat

4 reviews
Anne Massey

Routledge, 2006

Anne Massey's 'Designing Liners'
Anne Massey's informative volume on the history of ocean liner interior design has many highs and a number of lows. Ms Massey is clearly an expert on interior design and her knowledge in this area is well presented in this title. However, ocean liner and maritime history aficionados who may wish to read this book should be prepared for a signifcant number of inaccuracies and errors in relation to ...

Blast To Freeze: British Art In The 20Th Century
Andrew Causey, Richard Cork, ...

Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003

It was a sensation, indeed, when the young British artists took over the art scene in the 1990s. But what came before them? With works from more than 100 artists, Blast to Freeze traces the epoch-making art movements of an entire British century, from the outbreak of World War I to the collapse of the Soviet Union, beginning and ending with a decided break from the traditional. In 1914 a group of young British artists, the Vorticists, in their ...

Hollywood Beyond the Screen: Design and Material Culture (Materializing Culture)

1 review
Anne Massey

Berg Publishers, 2000

Avante garde..not for novice
This is for filmography/Cinematographers,writ by a Brit,who rode BSA with Hell's Angels,she's insightfull,in Postscript-on impact of "Easy Rider". Intro is treament on feminism..ancestoral back ground...too academic.

The Independent Group: Modernism and Mass Culture in Britain, 1945-1959 (Critical Introductions to Art)
Anne Massey

Manchester University Press, 1996

This study looks at the artists, designers and writers who formed the Independent Group in the early 1950s including such influential figures as Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Nigel Henderson, William Turnball, Rayner Banham and Alison and Peter Smithson. As a group they aimed to raise the status of popular objects and icons within modern visual culture. The development of the Independent Group is mapped out against the changing nature of ...

Venus: Her Cycles, Symbols & Myths (Special Topics in Astrology)

1 review
Anne Massey

Llewellyn Publications, 2006

Refreshing and engaging!
This book brings a unique perspective to the significance of Venus as a natal influence by beautifully interpreting the meaning of her very intricate orbital cycles. I particulary enjoyed the author's interpretations of Venus retrograde. Beautifully written and definitely worth buying.

Blue Guide Berlin and Eastern Germany

2 reviews
Anne Massey

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Berlin and Eastern Germany
This book is out-of-date. When I used it I found that many things had changed, even a museum had been moved to another building, a recommended beer had gone out of business, following directions, streets now have "do-not-enter" signs on them. I like Blue Guide a lot, and the book is still good for the inside of churches and museums that have not changed. But overall, I would not buy this ...

Interior Design Since 1900, Third Edition (World of Art)
Anne Massey

Thames & Hudson, 2008

"[Covers] a range of important issues for the history of interior design in the 20th century."— Journal of Design History From the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day—from Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement, and Art Deco to High-Tech and green design—every style of interior design since 1900 is charted in this wide-ranging survey. Design in the twentieth century saw many changes in direction, ...