Title & Author:

Tashkent : a modernist capital / photography by Karel Balas ; text by Béatrice Grenier ; foreword, Saida Mirziyoyeva ; preface, Chris Dercon.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2024.

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 27 cm

Notes:
"Project initiated and commissioned by Art and Culture Development Foundation under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan."
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / by Gayane Umerova -- Images for a new modernist capital / by Béatrice Grenier -- Palace of Peoples' Friendship -- Big Solar Furnace -- Republican Art College -- Blue Domes Café -- Chorsu Market -- State Museum of History -- Republican Specialized Surgery Center -- Alisher Navoi Metro Station -- Pakhtakor Metro Station -- Peoples' Friendship Metro Station -- Kosmonavtlar Metro Station -- State Museum of Arts -- Palace of Culture of Aviators -- Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace -- French Cultural Center and Restoration Center -- State Circus -- National Television and Radio Company -- Zhemchug Residential Building -- TV Tower -- Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts -- Hotel Uzbekistan.

Summary:

"In this extraordinary volume, realized in collaboration with the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, photographer Karel Balas reveals the modernist architecture of Tashkent through a collection of never-before-seen photographs. Constructed between the 1960s and early '90s, these buildings stand as powerful metaphors vis-à-vis Tashkent's past and present, painting a picture of its rich cultural heritage. Part of the overlooked Soviet modernism movement, the expression of this new architectural style represents a vision and social function for the city as a whole--all the while connoting the specific character and modernization of Central Asia. Whether a 1964 cinema, the State Museum of the Arts, the 1970 Lenin Museum, or the striking Hotel Uzbekistan dated 1976, each structure tells a captivating story about one of the most enthralling cities on the Asian continent"--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780847899982 hardcover
0847899985 hardcover

Subject:

Architecture Uzbekistan Tashkent.
Architecture Uzbekistan Tashkent Pictorial works.
Architecture Uzbekistan Tashkent History.
Architecture Soviet Union.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Ouzbékistan Tachkent.
Architecture Ouzbékistan Tachkent Histoire.
Architecture URSS.
Architecture 20e siècle.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Balas, Karel, 1967- photographer.
Grenier, Béatrice, writer of added text.
Mirziëeva, S. Sh. (Saida Shavkatovna), writer of foreword.
Dercon, Chris, writer of preface.
Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, commissioning body.
Uzbekistan. Vazirlar maḣkamasi, commissioning body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 321929
Call No.: 321929
Copy: 1
Status: Available