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Author / Creator:	Morandi, Romain, author.
Imprint:	Paris : Éditions Norma, [2022] ©2022
Description:	295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm
Language:	French English
Subject:	Chess sets -- Design. Chess in art. Chess in art.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12784736

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Other authors / contributors:	Lewis, Nichola, translator
ISBN:	2376660661 9782376660668
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index. Parallel texts in French and English.
Summary:	"A real mirror of 20th century creation, Chess Design presents an exceptional documentation on chess games made by artists, designers, architects, and craftsmen: chessboards themselves, but also artist's drawings, execution plans and photographs of archives. By presenting nearly 300 of these chessboards chronologically, the author offers a new perspective on the history of art and its evolution. Art Nouveau, Secession, Surrealism, Fluxus, Pop Art, most of the great movements that are born and follow one another in the Fine Arts find an echo with these chessboards and the 16 pieces that animate them. These chess games also reflect the evolution of techniques and materials used during this period: wood, glass, ceramics will give way, from the 1950s, to steel, plastic and composite materials"--

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Call Number:	f NK4696.M66 2022
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