Santiago Rusiñol. Romantic Novel, 1894. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
In around 1900, the world of books reflected the philosophical and aesthetic concerns of a Catalan culture which, in the space of 50 years, had gone from a growing realisation of its uniqueness (thanks to the Renaixença movement) to becoming consolidated as part of the latest European cultural movement: Art Nouveau.
As the industrialisation of graphic arts and the dominance of Barcelona’s publishing houses within Spain coincided with the cultural and artistic movement of Modernisme (as it was known in Catalonia), this encouraged the flourishing of the book-object, and particularly the illustrated book. By combining text and image in the same space, modernist symbolist poets and painters conceived the book as a work of Total Art.
As well as the books themselves, the exhibition explores the entire process of creating a book, from the illustrators making the original drawings, to the reproduction of these images in print (involving remarkable changes in size, colour and appearance) right up to the advertising generated by the publishing industry through the simultaneous movement of poster art.
Exhibition open until April 25, 2021
SPACES
1.1. Book illustrations and industrial bookbinding
1.1. Book illustrations and industrial bookbinding
2.1 The erudite bibliophile and the Societat Catalana de Bibliòfils
2.1 The erudite bibliophile and the Societat Catalana de Bibliòfils
2.2 Binding art books in Catalonia in the time of Modernisme
2.2 Binding art books in Catalonia in the time of Modernisme
3. The illustrated book, the epitome of graphic Modernisme
3. The illustrated book, the epitome of graphic Modernisme
OBJECTS
Tipos góticos incunables para
Tipos góticos incunables para impresiones artísticas y ediciones de bibliófilo
Cover of La tierra catalana. N
Cover of La tierra catalana. Narraciones, fiestas, costumbres, comarcas
Covers of Works by various aut
Covers of Works by various authors from the collection «Biblioteca Universal Ilustrada»
Drafts and preliminary sketche
Drafts and preliminary sketches for bindings of Rajolas valencianas y catalanas
Personatge èpic sobrevolant un
Personatge èpic sobrevolant unes muntanyes i sostenint una espasa i rajos
Lithographic test sheet of the
Lithographic test sheet of the chapter «A les Cascades» from the book Oracions
MAP
INFORMATION
ADDRESS
C/ Fonollar s/n08870 Sitges (Garraf)
TELEPHONE
+34 93.894.03.64WEBSITE
http://museusdesitges.cat/ca/exposicions/el-llibre-catala-en-temps-del-modernismeOPENING TIMES
From November 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021
Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
From March 1 to April 25, 2021
Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
