Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Synthesis in Form

Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 224 pp, I. Mackintosh and His Time; II. Formative Work; III. Discovery of a Style; IV. Retreat to Walberswick; V. The Chelsea Years and Beyong; VI. The Mackintosh Legacy; notes, appendix, chronology, select bibliography, picture credits, index with 240 mostly color illustrations. First Edition, 1994. "This book focuses on Mackintosh's (1868-1928) architecture, the medium in which his comprehensive objectives found synthesis, using newly commissioned photographs. Arguing for an inclusive and not partisan approach, the author highlights Mackintosh's integration of the decorative arts and the crafts, his reinterpretation of traditional forms derived from vernacular prototypes and his espousal of modern materials and methods made possible by the age of rapid industrialisation. This book also forms a complete account of Mackintosh's career, including his early years as a busy apprentice, architect and then partner in Glasgow, the 'Second City of the Empire', his wartime period on the Suffolk coast, where his attention turned exclusively to watrecolour painting, and his later years in Chelsea, where he resumed architectural work, and an assessment of the legacy of Mackintosh in the context of the increasingly fragmented concerns and preoccupations of the post industrial era." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: Folio. …