Modernisme : toward the design culture / edition by: Pilar Vélez ; edition support: Patrícia Altimira ; texts: Josep Bracons, Ricard Bru, Josep Capsir, Rossend Casanova, Aleix Catasús, Isabel Cendoya, Jordi Falgàs, Isabel Fernández del Moral, Mireia Freixa, Núria Gil, Juan José Lahuerta, Teresa Navas, Ernest Ortoll, Mónica Piera, Teresa-M. Sala, Marta Saliné, Pilar Vélez, Sílvia Ventosa, Mercè Vidal ; comisariado: Mireia Freixa, Pilar Vélez

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Conté: Modernisme, toward the culture of design. The why and how of an exhibition / Pilar Vélez and Mireia Freixa -- A re-reading of Modernisme form the design perspective -- From the art-industry debate toward the culture of design -- The exhibition seen by and from the inside -- The first art collections of Barcelona municipal heritage -- The first modernist collections of the Barcelona art museums -- Discourse and areas of the exhibition -- Catalan Modernisme and international Art Nouveau, a path of concomitant and divergent forms / Mireia Freixa -- Modernisme and Art Nouveau -- Historifying Art Nouveau -- Architecture and design in Catalunya, in a view parallel to international Art Nouveau -- From industrial arts to artistic industries : the role of exhibitions on the path to the culture of design (1880-1907) / Pilar Vélez -- Nineteenth-century exhibitions : large showcases of the industrial arts -- The artistic industries exhibitions promoted by the Barcelona City Council -- The need for a modern design school for industry -- The exhibition -- 1. Modernisme, an attitude and long road -- First Modernisme, the final review of historicism -- "Art Nouveau" Modernisme -- The last attitude, a move toward Noucentisme -- 2. Art industries, the new culture of design : project, production, diffusion and consumption -- Exhibitions, diffusion vehicle for art industries -- The risc of reproductions : art available to everyone, from the museum to the living room -- 3. The grand protagonists of Modernisme -- The furniture arts -- Wall and floor coverings -- Metalwork -- Stained glass art -- The art object -- Fabrics and embroideries -- Bookbinding techniques -- Gaudí as designer... or not -- 4. The bourgeois home, symbol of a societal ideal -- 5. The art of twentieth century and the discredit of Modernisme -- L'Escola Superior de Bells Oficis (The Graduate School of Fine Trades) (1914) and the "job well done" -- From Noucentism to the Civil War : tradition, Art Deco and avant-garde -- Noucentist affirmation of anonymus and popular design -- Artisanal techniques at the service of art : designer art -- 6. The recovery of Gaudí and Modernisme -- Art history and legacy affirm Modernisme -- An international trend : the psychedelic style and Pop style -- "Design classics" : a second opportunity for Modernisme -- 7. Reflection : the second triumph of Modernisme