Found this out of print book a few weeks ago at a used book store and was so happy! It's a heavy coffee table book full of this era, blending Arts & Crafts into the more flowing Art Nouveau. It's an examination of the style with examples through to modern times. Very pretty and informative.
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| Sagrada Familia, Spain Wiki Commons Photo |
I learned all sorts of tidbits, such as there is a cathedral in Spain designed by Antoni Gaudi at the height of the Nouveau style
that hasn't been completed yet. Gaudi's been dead for well over 80 years, so while I studied him briefly in school, I always thought his oeuvre was complete.
I thought Frank Lloyd Wright was a little obssessive for creating and then making sure the furniture at
Falling Water remains there, but that design micro-management seems to have been a trend. For example, 40 years or so earlier, Henri van de Velde not only designed his home
Bloemenwerf, but then designed the furniture, wallpaper and even the clothing that the women wore in its interior.
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