Modern Architecture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford History of Art
ISBN-10
0192842269
ISBN-13
9780192842268
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 25th, 2002
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
546 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 16.90 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Art & design styles: Art NouveauArt & design styles: Modernist design & BauhausArchitecture
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Presents an account of international modernism, exploring the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assessing its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as, Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined, shedding light on their roles as acknowledged masters.
This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters.Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.
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