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Mackintosh (Photo Album)
by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Taschen (2004-05-01)
ISBN: 3822832049
EAN: 9783822832042
Dewy Decimal #: 720
Paperback: 176 pages
SKU: N2635
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Mysticism and aestheticism with a strong touch of lilac The Scottish architect, designer and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was one of the early pioneers of modern architecture and design. His multifaceted oeuvre is an important link between the movement towards artistic reform in Britain and continental Modernism. Mackintosh's avant-garde designs for the Glasgow School of Art, the legendary Willow Tea Rooms or the Hill House in Helensburgh are a blend of functional simplicity and poetic decorative details. The result is a cool elegance which combines "mysticism and aestheticism with a strong touch of lilac... and a
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Customer Reviews
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A great chronological history....
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-02-28
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
....of both the man and his work. His story is told form the beginning and includes all his major art forms and projects.
It demonstrates his stunning vision gloriously and tell us of the Glasgow School with great sympathy and does not overlook the important contribution of the other Glasgow four, including Mackintosh's wife and her sister. The fact that this a "Broad Sheet" style book adds to attraction, the pictures are stunning.
A great homage to a great man and a great movement.
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Taschen excellence!
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-03-29
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
As usual Taschen gives good value! This was the first book I read about C. R. Mackintosh, which is indeed an amazing character, and one of the initiators of modernism. I ended up travelling to Glasgow to see some of Mackintosh fascinating interiors and buildings. Go there! The book is easily read, with gorgious pictures, and a good introduction. By the same authors, I also recommand "20th century design", which I believe is going to be published in the States in a short while.
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