Malcolm Haslam

INTRODUCTION Anthropomorphism is an element of the Art Nouveau style which has been revived by several designers in recent years. Traces of the furniture created by Antoni Gaudi at the turn of the century, which had already inspired Carlo Mollino during the 1940s, are apparent in Roberto...

Crumble away, society!' This was tlie cry of Des Esseintes, the hero of J.K. Huysmans' novel A Rebours (Against Nature) published in 1884, who had grown weary in his pursuit of pleasure and was fading away in sheer ennui. All the elaborate diversions which he had devised to sustain himself in an...

Évolution d'un artisanat La céramique est universelle. Ses éléments de base, la terre, l'eau, le feu, se trouvent partout ou vit l'homme, et condidonnent son existence. La céramique est associée a de nombreuses activités humaines; c'est également sous cet aspect qu'elle fait partie de...