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Can I read Tastemaker : Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home on EtoBox?
Tastemaker : Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home by Monica Penick is a design available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tastemaker : Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home about?
A riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor’s profound influence on mid-century American taste From 1941 to 1964, House Beautiful magazine’s crusading editor-in-chief Elizabeth Gordon introduced and promoted her vision of “good design” and “better living” to an extensive middle-class American readership. Her innovative magazine-sponsored initiatives, including House Beautiful’s Pace Setter House Program and the Climate Control Project, popularized a “livab
Who reads Tastemaker : Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Monica Penick
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300228458
- Category
- design
- Subjects
- History, Architecture, Art
- Updated
- 2026-03-25