Designing the new Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasglow style

Alison Brown

Book - 2019

"A celebration of the achievements and transformative power of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's work that has inspired generations of artists and designers. In the final decades of the 19th century, the Glasgow Style introduced Art Nouveau in Britain and helped transform an industrial city into Scotland's premier cultural capital. The predominant force behind the Glasgow Style was Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an architect and designer who personified the movement's intellectual freedom, sensuality, and spirit of collaboration. This lively and informative book showcases the work of Mackintosh and contextualizes it in relation to a larger circle of designers and craftspeople with which he shared sources, stylistic features, and p...atrons. Filled with color illustrations, archival materials, and essays, this volume explores every aspect of the Glasgow Style--from beautifully appointed homes and restaurants to everyday works of needlepoint, cups and saucers, stained glass windows, magazine illustrations, and textiles. It traces the birth of the Glasgow Style to The Glasgow School of Art, where Mackintosh met fellow students, including his future wife, who would form an influential circle nicknamed the "Immortals." It also reveals how the rise of the Glasgow Style went hand-in-hand with the founding of the city's Technical Arts School, where students trained in both industrial and artistic crafts, which helped establish a talented and creative workforce. Far-reaching and influential, the Glasgow Style improved nearly every facet of daily life. This book celebrates the immense achievements of Mackintosh and his fellow designers and highlights their impact in the United States and beyond"--Publisher's description.

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Exhibition catalogs
Published
Glasgow : New York : Munich : Glasgow Museums/Glasgow Life 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Alison Brown (author)
Item Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition co-organized by Glasgow Museums and the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition was held at the Walters Art Museum, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, St. Petersburg, FL, and the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago beginning Oct. 6, 2019 and travellling through May 23, 2021.
Physical Description
184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 x 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 182).
ISBN
9783791359182
  • Glasgow museums : Art, industry, and the Glasgow style / Martin Bellamy
  • Collecting Mackintosh and the Glasglow style : A story of friendship, zeitgeist, and civic recognition / Alison Brown
  • Designing the new : Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow style / Alison Brown.
Review by Choice Review

Glasgow played host to a lively arts scene in the decades around 1900. The city's commercial prosperity encouraged collecting and attention to art education, most evident in the famous Glasgow School of Art. The so-called Glasgow Boys brought new energy to painting, but it was the architecture and designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his circle that best defined Glasgow's reputation in the arts. This attractive book, published in conjunction with an exhibition that will be touring the US until fall 2020, spotlights the Glasgow style, a distinctive form of Art Nouveau conspicuous for its "taut organic lines." Though Brown (curator, Glasgow Museums) covers some familiar ground on a well-studied subject in which Mackintosh justifiably looms large, the volume also provides new insight into collaboration among "The Four"--Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, Frances Macdonald, and James Herbert McNair--and valuable material on other artists like illustrator Jesse King and book designer Twain Morris. Excellent illustrations, most in color, are accompanied by extensive descriptions and a well-written text. Endnotes provide documentation, but unfortunately the book includes neither bibliography nor index. A fine survey of a vibrant arts movement. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --William S. Rodner, emeritus, Tidewater Community College

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