{"title":"Steven M. Leuthold","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"beauty-and-power-global-design-1840-1914-paperback","title":"Beauty and Power, Global Design, 1840-1914 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeauty and Power\u003c\/em\u003e serves as an accessible general introduction to the origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof modern design and an original contribution to understanding the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erole that cross-cultural processes have played in design's history. How did\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emodern design in its origins begin to transform lives globally? This is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst history of the origins of modern design intended for general readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto discuss examples from Africa, Asia, and the Islamic World. \u003cem\u003eBeauty and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePower\u003c\/em\u003e not only accounts for cross-cultural sources and effects, it supports\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir centrality to the growth of modern design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational competitiveness in this age of empire forms the basis of emerging global design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the period and in all its cultural contexts, a focus on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisplay of wealth and power through ornament helped distinguish social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclasses. Increasingly, citizens in the West borrowed ornamental motifs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom non-Western cultures and the reverse was also true. While this book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresents these visual aspects of design, it also seeks the meanings associated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the visual traits. Increasingly, those meanings emerged out of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeconomic interaction between members of different nations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623833899231,"sku":"9798986325903","price":74.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9lW2DhGRF9798986325903.webp?v=1785561077"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/steven-m-leuthold.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}