Thursday, May 22, 2008

Architecture and design of the online collection


Architecture and design of the online collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
Drawing on-line collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
Film on-line collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
Media online collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
The painting and sculpture on-line collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
Description of the online collection: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works
Prints and Illustrated Books Online survey: highlights recent acquisitions, the selected works

Architecture and Design

The world's first curatorial department devoted to architecture and design was founded in 1932 at the Museum of Modern Art. Its Since the establishment of the collection is built on the recognition that the architecture and design their alliances with and dependent on one another, the arts, so that the synthesis is a founding premise of the collection. Includes 28000 works ranging from large-scale design of the objects of the paper and architectural models, the museum's diverse Architecture and Design collection of studies major figures and movements from the mid-nineteenth century are present. Starting with the reform ideology, which ARTS AND CRAFTS, the collection covers the major movements of the twentieth century, and today's issues. Architecture collection documents buildings through models, drawings and photographs, and includes a Mies van der Rohe Archive. The model belongs to the collection of thousands of objects, ranging from household appliances, furniture and containers, tools, textiles, sports cars and even helicopter. Graphic design includes a collection of noteworthy examples of typography, posters, and other combinations of text and image.

MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, in collaboration with the Architecture Foundation, which was set up Venice SuperBlog. The site is written in Live From The 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, the contributions from leading international architects, critics and curators.

The Lily Auchincloss Study Center for Architecture and Designhttp://www.designtoscano.com/category/furniture/consoles.do

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