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The jazz age : American style in the 1920s

Title
The jazz age : American style in the 1920s / Sarah D. Coffin and Stephen Harrison ; with contributions by Emily M. Orr.
Author
Coffin, Sarah
Publication
  • Cleveland, OH : The Cleveland Museum of Art, [2017]
  • New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Harrison, Stephen (Stephen G.)
  • Orr, Emily Marshall
  • Cooper-Hewitt Museum, organizer, host institution.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, organizer, host institution, issuing body.
Description
xix, 379 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 26 cm
Summary
An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor. Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era's jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American taste and style during the golden age of the 1920s. Following the destructive years of the First World War, this flourishing decade marked a rebirth of aesthetic innovation that was cultivated to a great extent by American talent and patronage. Due to an influx of European emigres to the United States, as well as American enthusiasm for traveling to Europe's cultural capitals, a reciprocal wave of experimental attitudes began traveling back and forth across the Atlantic, forming a creative vocabulary that mirrored the ecstatic spirit of the times. "The Jazz Age" showcases developments in design, art, architecture, and technology during the '20s and early '30s, and places new emphasis on the United States as a vital part of the emerging marketplace for Art Deco luxury goods. Featuring hundreds of full-color illustrations and essays by two leading historians of decorative arts, this comprehensive catalogue shows how America and the rest of the world worked to establish a new visual representation of modernity.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, April 7 - August 20, 2017 and Cleveland Museum of Art, September 30, 2017 - January 14, 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-378).
Contents
Across the ocean / Sarah D. Coffin and Stephan Harrison -- American spirit : the rhythm of change / Stephan Harrison -- The American woman as fashion muse / Emily M. Orr -- The machine age : balancing art and industry / Emily M. Orr -- Melting-pot modern : a new beat for the new world / Sarah D. Coffin -- A thousand hands : the art of department store display / Emily M. Orr -- Modern notes of energetic America : 1920s textiles / Emily M. Orr.
Call Number
JQF 17-1496
ISBN
  • 9780300224054
  • 0300224052
  • 9781935294566
  • 1935294563
LCCN
2016953584
OCLC
985455434
Author
Coffin, Sarah, author.
Title
The jazz age : American style in the 1920s / Sarah D. Coffin and Stephen Harrison ; with contributions by Emily M. Orr.
Publisher
Cleveland, OH : The Cleveland Museum of Art, [2017]
Distributor
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-378).
Event
"The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s" : April 7-August 20, 2017, p Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, New York, United States.
"The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s" : September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Place of Publication
United States Ohio Cleveland.
Added Author
Harrison, Stephen (Stephen G.), author.
Orr, Emily Marshall, author.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, organizer, host institution.
Cleveland Museum of Art, organizer, host institution, issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 17-1496
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