Grand illusions : contemporary interior murals / Caroline Cass ; with photographs by Tom Leighton.
Published / Created:
Oxford : Phaidon, 1988.
Physical Description:
160 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Shirley Smith's murals illustrated on pp. 25, 38-39, 43, 61, 152. Caroline Cass's survey of contemporary murals, like Patricia Seligman's book the year before ... was published in both England and the United States in several hardback and paperback editions. Here Shirley Smith's trompe l'oeil murals, the first of which he executed in 1976 for owners of the Doric Villa in Regent's Park, were properly credited."--Moss.
Contents:
Introduction -- Murals in the 1930s -- Murals in the Grand Manner -- Tromp l'oeil murals -- Corporate and commercial murals -- Progressive murals -- Romantic and decorative murals -- Select bibliography -- Index and addresses.
Subject Terms:
Mural painting and decoration, English -- Themes, motives. | Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- England -- Themes, motives. | Interior decoration -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Themes, motives. | Mural painting and decoration, American -- Themes, motives. | Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States -- Themes, motives. | Interior decoration -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Contributors:
Moss, Roger W., 1940- former owner. | Shirley Smith, Richard. | Leighton, Tom.