Metamorphoses of formalism: National identity as a recurrent theme of design in Greece

Journal of Design History

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Yagou, Artemis ^a  

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Author keywords

Design; Formalism; Greece; Greekness; National identity; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249151588     PISSN: 09524649     EISSN: 17417279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jdh/epm006     Document Type: Article

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