All Consuming Images
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0465001009
ISBN 13
9780465001002
Category
380-399 Commerce, Customs & Folklore
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
306
Subject
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Lifestyles -- United States. Style de vie.
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Abstract
A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives.
Depicts the evolution of an increasingly style-conscious society from the time when style was an exclusive prerogative of aristocratic elites to today when it fascinates millions.
Depicts the evolution of an increasingly style-conscious society from the time when style was an exclusive prerogative of aristocratic elites to today when it fascinates millions.
Description
Genre/Form: History
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ewen, Stuart.
All consuming images.
New York : Basic Books, ©1988
(OCoLC)574785038
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stuart Ewen
ISBN: 0465001009 9780465001002 0465001017 9780465001019
OCLC Number: 17917128
Description: xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents: " ... Images without bottom ..." --
Goods and surfaces --
The marriage between art and commerce --
Chosen people --
The dream of wholeness --
Varnished barbarism --
Mechanical sentiments --
Form follows value --
Form follows power --
Form follows waste --
Conclusion: The political elements of style.
Responsibility: Stuart Ewen.
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ewen, Stuart.
All consuming images.
New York : Basic Books, ©1988
(OCoLC)574785038
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stuart Ewen
ISBN: 0465001009 9780465001002 0465001017 9780465001019
OCLC Number: 17917128
Description: xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents: " ... Images without bottom ..." --
Goods and surfaces --
The marriage between art and commerce --
Chosen people --
The dream of wholeness --
Varnished barbarism --
Mechanical sentiments --
Form follows value --
Form follows power --
Form follows waste --
Conclusion: The political elements of style.
Responsibility: Stuart Ewen.
Number of Copies
1
