Author | : Martin Greenwood |
Publisher | : Richard Dennis Publications Di |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
A complete record of the collection of designs in the V&A Museum, London.
Author | : Martin Greenwood |
Publisher | : Richard Dennis Publications Di |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
A complete record of the collection of designs in the V&A Museum, London.
Author | : Jon Catleugh |
Publisher | : Richard Dennis Publications Di |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Tiles |
ISBN | : 9780903685276 |
Detailed account of his achievements with essays on his technical innovations.
Author | : Rob Higgins |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1445672111 |
William de Morgan is one of the greatest names of the Arts & Crafts movement of the late nineteenth century. This is the perfect introduction to his iconic tiles.
Author | : Mrs. De Morgan (Evelyn) |
Publisher | : de Morgan Foundation |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Painting, British |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anna Maria Wilhelmina Stirling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Shieldhouse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Architects |
ISBN | : 9780813056906 |
William Morgan (1930-2016) was a bold, innovative, and highly imaginative architect known internationally for fusing ancient and modern styles and for his early championing of green design principles. This extensively illustrated book traces Morgan's life story and the development of his singular design vision. Exploring Morgan's early influences, Richard Shieldhouse reveals the architect's childhood familiarity with pre-Columbian village sites and introduces college mentors who encouraged his interest in both architecture and archaeology. During navy service in the Pacific, Morgan studied ancient structures in Guam as well as Frank Lloyd Wright's design work in Japan. Later, his drive and discipline brought him into contact with leading architects such as Paul Rudolph at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, a hotbed of modernism at the time. From there, Morgan struck out on his own in Jacksonville, Florida, to shape the course of architectural history. This book tracks the evolution of Morgan's guiding ideas--economy, efficiency, visual delight, imaginative use of everyday materials, and environmental sensitivity. His most famous designs are featured with photographs, drawings, and the architect's own commentary. Structures such as the Dunehouses, a duplex built into the side of an oceanfront dune, represent Morgan's commitment to earth architecture. His plans for police headquarters and other public buildings incorporate green roofs, stepped terraces, pyramid forms, and other elements inspired by aspects of prehistoric design. Morgan was unique among architects for his interest in ancient North America and for blending a modern style characterized by its rejection of history with the design language of prehistory. Highlighting how his work has impacted many areas of architecture such as urban design, this book celebrates Morgan's continuing legacy.
Author | : Hans Van Lemmen |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 1588343987 |
A comprehensive, full-color exploration of tile art and production worldwide, from earliest times to the present day. The book is both an authoritative work of reference and a visual delight, ranging from ancient Greece, where the first fired roof tiles date from as early as the third millennium BC, to twentieth-century Mexico. Along the way we encounter stunning examples of the tiler's art: the enormous English medieval floor pavements from Byland Abbey and Clarendon Palace; figural tiles from China, intended to adorn roofs and ward off evil; the famous Iznik tiles from the Islamic world, with their richly decorative patterns; the highly stylised ceramic tiles of the Arts and Crafts movement; and the tiles created by some of the finest ceramic artists and potters of the twenty-first century. Placing the tiles firmly in their historical and cultural context, the book highlights both continuity and diversity, the dissemination of techniques and designs, and how tile art in one time and place has inspired and rejuvenated those in others. Tiles are also studied in terms of function as well as form, and the full range of architectural and practical purposes for which they have been used - from floors to roofs, stoves to bathrooms, cathedrals to metro stations - will be explored, along with the various techniques employed to create such versatile pieces. 5000 Years of Tiles is the essential, most comprehensive single volume for anyone interested in the ceramic, decorative, and architectural arts.
Author | : William De Morgan |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781500518103 |
William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 - 15 January 1917) was an English potter and tile designer. De Morgan turned his hand to writing novels, and became better known than he ever had been for his pottery. His first novel, Joseph Vance, was published in 1906, and was an instant sensation in the United States as well as the United Kingdom. This was followed by An Affair of Dishonour, Alice-for-Short, and It Never Can Happen Again. The genre has been described as 'Victorian and suburban'. In this book: It Never Can Happen Again The Mysteries of Free Masonry A Likely Story