The ambition of beauty or how design was born in Saint-Etienne.
Silvana| N° d'inventaire | 31558 |
| Format | 20 x 25 |
| Détails | 152 p., numerous color illustrations and photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Milan, 2025 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836660254 |
The Ambition of Beauty traces the history and styles from the eclecticism of the Second Empire to the 1940s, and shows how the city of Saint-Etienne was a favorable breeding ground for the emergence of aesthetic models. In a primarily industrial city, the end of the 19th century marked a turning point: beauty became a social lever but also an asset for producing objects that were more pleasing to the eye.
To achieve this, workers must be given the means to encounter art. The museum and the drawing school are the venues for this municipal ambition. From this encounter between art and industry, design will be born.
The Ambition of Beauty traces the history and styles from the eclecticism of the Second Empire to the 1940s, and shows how the city of Saint-Etienne was a favorable breeding ground for the emergence of aesthetic models. In a primarily industrial city, the end of the 19th century marked a turning point: beauty became a social lever but also an asset for producing objects that were more pleasing to the eye.
To achieve this, workers must be given the means to encounter art. The museum and the drawing school are the venues for this municipal ambition. From this encounter between art and industry, design will be born.