E W GODWIN Aesthetic Movement Japonism Victorian Design

E W GODWIN

Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer

Edited by Susan Weber Soros

Yale University Press, 1999

Hardback with black cloth covered boards and pictorial dustjacket

Size approx 310 x 230 mm

400 pages with 320 coloured plates and 80 illustrations in black and white

Condition: Excellent used condition with minimal signs of use. Internally it is extremely clean and bright with no inscriptions. The board covers and dust jacket exhibit just very minor edgewear commensurate with age.

This is the definitive monograph on Godwin; extremely comprehensive, authoritative and well illustrated. It's a must for collectors, historians and enthusiasts of Victorian / Arts and Crafts era design and architecture.

Publisher’s description:

‘One of the great figures in nineteenth-century English architecture and design, Edward William Godwin (1833–1886) began his career as an architect, later turned to furniture design and decoration, and finally focused on Victorian theatre, assuming the roles of costume designer, designer-manager, and critic. In the first section of this book, ten scholars examine Godwin’s multifaceted life and career, discussing his diverse contributions as a design reformer. The second section of the book presents a fully annotated selection of over 150 items that represent the formation and flowering of Godwin’s oeuvre.

Beginning with an overview of Godwin’s life, the book then examines the antiquarian and Japanese sources of his styles. Separate chapters discuss his architectural achievements, from early church restorations to the design of avant-garde house/studios; his contributions to design reform through writings as an architectural journalist; his role as an interior designer and the importance of furniture in his commissions; and the changing nature of the critical attention he received in life and after his death. In subsequent chapters, the contributors focus on particular products Godwin designed, his own work in the Victorian theater, and the achievements of his son, theatrical designer Edward Gordon Craig.’

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