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Fiona MacCarthy Books

    Fiona MacCarthy was an English biographer and cultural historian recognized for her deep explorations of 19th and 20th-century art and design. She meticulously examined the key figures and movements that shaped modern artistic landscapes, uncovering the intricate connections between creative endeavors and their societal contexts. Through rigorous research and insightful prose, MacCarthy illuminated the complexities of artistic lives and their cultural resonance. Her essays and reviews offered valuable perspectives on the world of art and design.

    Walter Gropius. Człowiek, który zbudował Bauhaus
    Eric Gill
    Byron
    Walter Gropius

    • Walter Gropius

      • 560 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      4.5(12)Add rating

      * A Times and New Statesman Book of the Year * * BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week * * Illustrated with over 130 colour photographs and drawings * 'A masterpiece.' Edmund de Waal 'Commanding, intelligent, gripping.' The Times From 1910 to 1930 Gropius was at the very centre of European modern art and design, as the founder of the German art school, the Bauhaus. Yet Gropius's beliefs and affiliations left him little choice but to leave Germany when Hitler came to power. In this riveting book, Fiona MacCarthy draws on new research to re-evaluate Gropius's work and life. From his shattering experiences in the First World War to his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler and the tragic early death of their daughter, MacCarthy leads us through his disorientating years in London, to his final peaceful and productive life in America. This is biography at its finest and most vivid.

      Walter Gropius

    • Byron

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      4.4(21)Add rating

      Fiona MacCarthy's definitive biography republished by Byron's own publisher.

      Byron

    • Eric Gill

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      3.7(78)Add rating

      A gorgeous new edition of Fiona MacCarthy's ground-breaking biography of the artist-craftsman, typographer, and lettercutter, master wood-engraver, and sculptor: Eric Gill. 'Fascinating on the work and fair to the man;

      Eric Gill

    • Walter Gropius. Człowiek, który zbudował Bauhaus

      3.9(19)Add rating

      Arcyciekawy, bogato ilustrowany portret jednego z najważniejszych architektów XX wieku, Waltera Gropiusa. Autorka, uznawana w Wielkiej Brytanii za mistrzynię biografii, śledzi nie tylko twórczość i koncepcje Gropiusa, ale też przybliża jego historię osobistą, nie mniej intrygującą od twórczości. Przy okazji otrzymujemy całą panoramę życia kulturalnego i społecznego Niemiec od końca XIX do lat sześćdziesiątych XX wieku, na tle której pojawiają się najwybitniejsze postacie sztuki i architektury tamtych czasów.

      Walter Gropius. Człowiek, który zbudował Bauhaus