Hector Guimard is the pre-eminent architect of Art Nouveau in France. He influenced French architecture and design in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the architect of a number of Paris Metro entrances. He was regarded as an architect who wielded the greatest influence on the popular imagination in Paris during the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. This monograph includes reproduced images, illustrations and photographs, as well as a wealth of background cultural and historical information.
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Hector Guimard is the pre-eminent architect of Art Nouveau in France. He influenced French architecture and design in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the architect of a number of Paris Metro entrances. He was regarded as an architect who wielded the greatest influence on the popular imagination in Paris during the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. This monograph includes reproduced images, illustrations and photographs, as well as a wealth of background cultural and historical information.
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Add this copy of Hector Guimard: Architect, Designer (1867-1942) to cart. $69.90, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Delano Greenidge Editions.
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Very Good. Size: 10x1x12; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 396 pages: illustrations (some color), 33 cm. "Presents a comprehensive, chronological inventory of the architect's work. The book is the product of a remarkable collaboration between art historian Georges Vigne and photographer Felipe Ferre. Combining Ferre's 30-year photographic project on Guimard with authoritative biographical and historical texts by Vigne, the book returns this nearly forgotten master in line with the major architects of the 20th century." This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
