Graphic design – Neoclassical, Typography, Layout
The Industrial Revolution and design technology The Industrial Revolution was a dynamic process that began in the late 18th century and lasted well into the...
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Graphic design – Private Press, Morris, Arts & Crafts
During the 19th century, one by-product of industrialism was a decline in the quality of book design and production. Cheap, thin paper, shoddy presswork, drab,...
Stained glass – 20th Century Art, Techniques, History
Three interrelated creative currents can be discerned in the development of 20th-century stained glass. First, a significant number of architects, following...
Graphic design – Printing, Typography, Layout
While the creation of manuscripts led to such high points in graphic design, the art and practice of graphic design truly blossomed with the development of...
William Morris – Arts, Crafts, Socialism
“Praise of Venus”“Praise of Venus” from A Book of Verse by William Morris, 1870; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.(more) As a poet, Morris first...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Baroque Art, Frescoes, Murals
Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything The hostile attitude of the official Spanish milieu seems to have resounded in the 19th century, when...
Gustav Klimt | The Kiss, Paintings, Art, & Facts
Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything Top Questions What is Gustav Klimt’s most famous piece? Gustav Klimt’s most famous artwork is generally...
Interior design – Medieval, Gothic, Ecclesiastical
From the fall of Rome, when the city was finally sacked by Odoacer in 476, to the 15th century, when the Renaissance was already well advanced, information...
Eva Zeisel | Hungarian-American Ceramicist & Designer
Eva Zeisel (born November 13, 1906, Budapest, Hungary—died December 30, 2011, New City, New York, U.S.) was a Hungarian-born American industrial designer and...
Christian Marclay | Biography, Art, The Clock, & Facts
Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955, San Rafael, California, U.S.) is a Swiss American visual artist and composer whose multidisciplinary work encompasses...
