Robert Mallet-Stevens, acting for modern architecture.
Heritage Editions| N° d'inventaire | 25768 |
| Format | 17 x 21 |
| Détails | 192 p., illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757702895 |
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) was one of the main figures in the renovation of architecture and decorative arts in France.
Author of major buildings, such as the Villa Noailles in Hyères, the Villa Cavrois in Croix or all the private mansions lining the street that bears his name in Paris, he was also a tireless animator of the modern scene. Between the beginning of the 1920s and the turn of the 1930s, his fame was matched in France only by that of Le Corbusier . Architect, decorator, designer of furniture and shops, interior design and film sets, Robert Mallet-Stevens, by embodying the association of architecture and applied arts in France, occupies a place that is both emblematic and singular in the history of modern architecture.
After his death, his work was forgotten until the mid-1970s. Early academic works, such as the retrospective dedicated to him by the Pompidou Centre in 2005, show that the variety of Mallet-Stevens's career and the diversity of his projects allowed him to address all dimensions of modernity during the years when craftsmanship and industry coexisted in constructed experiments.
This book offers a new perspective on Mallet-Stevens by emphasizing the plurality of his activities. The figure of the dandy has often overshadowed that of the worker: Mallet-Stevens wrote extensively, renewed architecture, spoke of drawing, designed film sets and numerous storefronts; he regularly exhibited ephemeral buildings, taught and, within the UAM (Union of Modern Artists), aimed to democratize modern decorative arts. The man as well as the creator regains his full stature here.
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) was one of the main figures in the renovation of architecture and decorative arts in France.
Author of major buildings, such as the Villa Noailles in Hyères, the Villa Cavrois in Croix or all the private mansions lining the street that bears his name in Paris, he was also a tireless animator of the modern scene. Between the beginning of the 1920s and the turn of the 1930s, his fame was matched in France only by that of Le Corbusier . Architect, decorator, designer of furniture and shops, interior design and film sets, Robert Mallet-Stevens, by embodying the association of architecture and applied arts in France, occupies a place that is both emblematic and singular in the history of modern architecture.
After his death, his work was forgotten until the mid-1970s. Early academic works, such as the retrospective dedicated to him by the Pompidou Centre in 2005, show that the variety of Mallet-Stevens's career and the diversity of his projects allowed him to address all dimensions of modernity during the years when craftsmanship and industry coexisted in constructed experiments.
This book offers a new perspective on Mallet-Stevens by emphasizing the plurality of his activities. The figure of the dandy has often overshadowed that of the worker: Mallet-Stevens wrote extensively, renewed architecture, spoke of drawing, designed film sets and numerous storefronts; he regularly exhibited ephemeral buildings, taught and, within the UAM (Union of Modern Artists), aimed to democratize modern decorative arts. The man as well as the creator regains his full stature here.