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McKean, professor of architecture
at the University of Brighton, and photographer Colin Baxter provide an in-depth overview of the Scottish architect, painter, furniture designer, and graphic artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Scarcely dead before art critics began calling him a pioneer of modernism, the United Kingdom's master of art nouveau, and the last great Victorian architect, Mackintosh's reputation has withstood the test of time. This handsome hardcover coffee-table book amply demonstrates why, with McKean's informed and scholarly--but never dry or boring--text accompanied by more than 200 color photos, including both Baxter's contemporary photographs and many archival images. McKean doesn't aim to simply describe the work, providing the sort of "verbal guide" so often found in such books. Instead he examines the artist's life and work through a primary biographical and critical narrative and a secondary track that focuses pictorially on Mackintosh's various styles.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh : Architect, Artist, Icon
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