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Zusatztext 'The illustrations! and the author's passion for the topic! bring the period and its artistic environment to life.' - Karyn Hinkle! Visual and Performing Arts Librarian! Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library! University of Kentucky! ARLIS Informationen zum Autor Louise Campbell is an Emeritus Professor in Art History at the University of Warwick where she lectured from 1977 until her retirement in 2014. She is a specialist in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture, has edited books on Basil Spence and on Twentieth Century Architecture and has written books on Coventry Cathedral. Klappentext By examining the studios and studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940, this book reveals the ways in which artists used architecture - occupying and adapting Victorian studios and commissioning new ones - and, in doing so, shows them coming to terms with the past, and in the process, inventing different modes of being modern. Zusammenfassung By examining the studios and studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940, this book reveals the ways in which artists used architecture – occupying and adapting Victorian studios and commissioning new ones – and, in doing so, shows them coming to terms with the past, and in the process, inventing different modes of being modern. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I: Legacies;Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Section II: The Studio as Home; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Section III: After the Victorians; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Envoi/Conclusion