Paul Overy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1136678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Overy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Overy |
| SIGNATURE | OVERY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlesex University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4163-6198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Whole Bad Taste of Our Period
This article addresses the confrontation between notions of kitsch and modernist ideas about “good design” that marked twentieth century debates. It examines the notion of “Gschnas” (frippery, fancy dress), an Austrian dialect term employed by Josef Frank and Adolf Loos. The complexities and sometimes contradictions of the positions of these two architect/designers are addressed in the context of more recent debates on kitsch. Frank's stance is e…
Revising De Stijl
Journal Article Revising De Stijl Get access Paul Overy Paul Overy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 28, Issue 3, October 2005, Pages 491–495, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/kci043 Published: 01 October 2005
Matta (Echaurren), Roberto
Centuring the city
Documentation of the European Union in 2001
After a long silence
Documentation of the European Union in 2000
Documentation of the European Union in 1999
Other Stories
Julian Zinovieff. Signals, August 1964–March 1996 Guy Brett. Exploding Galaxzies: The Art of David Medalla Lynda Nead. Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures
Here‐I‐Am‐Again‐Piet’
Piet Mondrian 1872–1944 by Yve‐Alain Bois, Joop Joosten, Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Hans Janssen , Milan: Leonardo Arte, 1994, 420 pp., 186 col. plates, 90 b. & w. illus., approx. £55.00 Mondrian: The Art of Destruction by Carel Blotkamp , London: Reaktion Books, 1994, 261 pp., 70 col. plates, 110 b. & w. illus., £35.00
Pure Abstraction
The Rhetoric of Purity: Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting by Mark A. Cheetham , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 194 pp., 16 b. & w. illus., £27.50
The Whole Bad Taste of Our Period
This article addresses the confrontation between notions of kitsch and modernist ideas about “good design” that marked twentieth century debates. It examines the notion of “Gschnas” (frippery, fancy dress), an Austrian dialect term employed by Josef Frank and Adolf Loos. The complexities and sometimes contradictions of the positions of these two architect/designers are addressed in the context of more recent debates on kitsch. Frank's stance is e…
Pure Abstraction
The Rhetoric of Purity: Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting by Mark A. Cheetham , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 194 pp., 16 b. & w. illus., £27.50
Here‐I‐Am‐Again‐Piet’
Piet Mondrian 1872–1944 by Yve‐Alain Bois, Joop Joosten, Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Hans Janssen , Milan: Leonardo Arte, 1994, 420 pp., 186 col. plates, 90 b. & w. illus., approx. £55.00 Mondrian: The Art of Destruction by Carel Blotkamp , London: Reaktion Books, 1994, 261 pp., 70 col. plates, 110 b. & w. illus., £35.00
Other Stories
Julian Zinovieff. Signals, August 1964–March 1996 Guy Brett. Exploding Galaxzies: The Art of David Medalla Lynda Nead. Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures
Documentation of the European Union in 1999
After a long silence
Documentation of the European Union in 2000
Centuring the city
Documentation of the European Union in 2001
Matta (Echaurren), Roberto
Revising De Stijl
Journal Article Revising De Stijl Get access Paul Overy Paul Overy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 28, Issue 3, October 2005, Pages 491–495, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/kci043 Published: 01 October 2005
The Whole Bad Taste of Our Period
This article addresses the confrontation between notions of kitsch and modernist ideas about “good design” that marked twentieth century debates. It examines the notion of “Gschnas” (frippery, fancy dress), an Austrian dialect term employed by Josef Frank and Adolf Loos. The complexities and sometimes contradictions of the positions of these two architect/designers are addressed in the context of more recent debates on kitsch. Frank's stance is e…
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