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The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha by Alphonse Mucha (Paperback, 1981)
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Among graphic artists and commercial designers, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is praised for his innovative style books that pioneered the use of Art Nouveau in commercial packaging, design, and ornament. The most important of these style books was DOCUMENTS DECORATIFS, published in 1901, and carefully reproduced here. Includes 18 plates in full color, 54 in two or more colors.
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To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is perhaps best known for his posters of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorative panels such as The Seasons - works that continue to grow in popularity and value as the resurgence of interest in Art Nouveau increases. Among graphic artists and commercial designers, Mucha is praised for the innovative style books that pioneered the use of Art Nouveau in commercial packaging, design, and ornament.The most important of these style books was Documents Decoratifs, published in 1901 at the height of Mucha's fame as the high priest of the Art Nouveau movement. While the artist's fame rests largely on his posters, it is in the smaller works of the style books, or design portfolios, that the refinement of his technique can best be appreciated. The present volume, carefully reproduced from an extremely rare and valuable set of originals, contains all 72 plates of the Documents Decoratifs portfolio. Included are designs for jewelry, wallpaper, stained glass, furniture, and tableware; figure and botanical studies; and a selection of Mucha's famous panneaux decoratifs. Eighteen of the plates are in full colour, while the remaining 54 are reproduced in two or more colour tones.In addition to numerous innovative designs for practical and decorative objects, the elegant draftsmanship and meticulous execution that characterized all of Mucha's work is evident in studies of langorous nudes, portrait sketches, delicately rendered plant and animal motifs, exquisite modeling of drapery and cloth, and the flowing, fantastic forms created as experiments in pure design. In the Foreword by Gabriel Mourey, specially translated for this edition, Mucha's own philosophy of art, and the relation of the Documents to the rest of his work, receive an appreciative and informative discussion.Hitherto available only in scattered sources, or in the libraries of wealthy collectors, the complete Documents Decoratifs is now available in this inexpensive one-volume edition. Lovers of Mucha's work, admirers of Art Nouveau, and the application of that style to the decorative arts, will want to own this fine royalty-free collection by one of the greatest masters of the technique. [Documents Decoratifs is] . . . an encyclopedic source for Mucha's style in every branch of decorative and applied art and one of the few books on design where even individual plates are sought after by collectors. - Marina Henderson, The Graphic Style of Alphonse MuchaProduct Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications Inc.
ISBN-139780486240442
eBay Product ID (ePID)88989553
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Book TitleThe Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha
AuthorAlphonse Mucha
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1981
Number of Pages80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height311mm
Item Width238mm
Item Weight394g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAlphonse Mucha
Series TitleDover Fine Art, History of Art
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
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- 23 Jan, 2021
A beautiful and useful book by a great artist.
Bought for my partner we are both artists and will find this very useful in our artworks it is beautiful and will help us with our creativity.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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