![]() | Designing Modern America: Broadway to Main Street Subjects: Design -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Urban Joseph 1872–1933 -- Criticism and interpretation; Geddes Norman Bel 1893–1958 -- Criticism and interpretation; Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- United States -- History -- 20th century; The story of two legendary designers who made "modern America" Illustrated with more than 130 photographs of their influential designs, this book tells the engrossing story of Urban and Bel Geddes. Christopher Innes shows how these two men with a background in theater lent dramatic flair to everything they designed and how this theatricality gave the distinctive modernity they created such wide appeal. If the American lifestyle has been much imitated across the globe over the past fifty years, says Innes, it is due in large measure to the designs of Urban and Bel Geddes. Together they were responsible for creating what has been called the "Golden Age" of American culture. Christopher Innes is Canada Research Chair in Performance & Culture at York University, Toronto. |
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