Tastemaker: Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home
Monica Penick
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Examining the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's crusade to reshape postwar American domestic architecture and design, this book offers a fresh perspective on the mechanisms that influenced popular taste at mid-century. Product Details
Price
$69.00
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publish Date
June 13, 2017
Pages
260
Dimensions
8.4 X 0.9 X 11.1 inches | 2.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780300221763
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About the Author
Monica Penick is assistant professor in the Design Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Reviews
"Penick has studied Elizabeth Gordon for a decade and a half. Her book Tastemaker . . . is the most comprehensive tome to date on Gordon's life and work."-Daisy Alioto, Curbed
"Gordon will get her moment in the sun, too, with Monica Penick's new book, Tastemaker (Yale University Press), which I can't put down!"-Sophie Donelson, House Beautiful
"The hundreds of images are of the highest possible quality, truly representing the time and era they depict. With this unique volume, Penick (design studies, Univ.of Wisconsin, Madison) makes a significant contribution to the literature on 20th-century American design and culture."-Robert Meden, Choice
"An important source on the postwar period and an excellent model for architectural biographies. Penick convincingly situates and contextualizes the story of a single individual within a larger historical narrative and, in doing so, highlights the role of magazine editors as propagandists in the history of American and modern architecture and design."-Paula Lupkin, JSAH
Finalist for the 2018 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize
"This book is extremely important and timely. The intelligence and seriousness with which it frames questions about taste and modernism will move the conversation forward. It is a game changer in both architectural history and design studies."--Alice Friedman, Wellesley College
"Gordon will get her moment in the sun, too, with Monica Penick's new book, Tastemaker (Yale University Press), which I can't put down!"-Sophie Donelson, House Beautiful
"The hundreds of images are of the highest possible quality, truly representing the time and era they depict. With this unique volume, Penick (design studies, Univ.of Wisconsin, Madison) makes a significant contribution to the literature on 20th-century American design and culture."-Robert Meden, Choice
"An important source on the postwar period and an excellent model for architectural biographies. Penick convincingly situates and contextualizes the story of a single individual within a larger historical narrative and, in doing so, highlights the role of magazine editors as propagandists in the history of American and modern architecture and design."-Paula Lupkin, JSAH
Finalist for the 2018 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize
"This book is extremely important and timely. The intelligence and seriousness with which it frames questions about taste and modernism will move the conversation forward. It is a game changer in both architectural history and design studies."--Alice Friedman, Wellesley College
