Alphonse Mucha: The Soul of Art Nouveau - Hardcover

Bade, Patrick; Charles, Victoria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1646992156 ISBN 13: 9781646992157

Publisher: Parkstone Press USA, Limited, 2018

Synopsis

Born in 1860 in a small Czech town, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was an artist on the forefront of Art Nouveau, the modernist movement that swept Paris in the 1910s, marking a return to the simplicity of natural forms, and changing the world of art and design forever. In fact, Art Nouveau was known to insiders as the "Mucha style" for the legions of imitators who adapted the master's celebrated tableaux. Today, his distinctive depictions of lithe young women in classical dress have become a pop cultural touchstone, inspiring album covers, comic books, and everything in between. Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles offer readers an inspiring survey of Mucha's career, illustrated with over one hundred lustrous images, from early Parisian advertisements and posters for Sarah Bernhardt, to the famous historical murals painted just before his death, at the age of 78.

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About the Author

Patrick Bade is a leading art historian, an international guest speaker and senior lecturer at Christie's Education in Modern Art Studies. A respected authority, he has written numerous publications, including books on Beardsley, Renoir and Rops.

Edition details

• Publisher: Parkstone Press USA, Limited
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646992156
• ISBN 13: 9781646992157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200