Wilson, Peter L. 1950- aut art

Baldness and modernism Peter Wilson.

Zürich About Books [2025]
© 2025

211 Seiten Illustrationen 19 cm, 400 g

"The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915-1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads - Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal Baldness unwinds the Bauhaus narrative put about by Walter Gropius, one that has held water for 100 years. Spin doctor Gropius manipulated his Bauhaus successes into a cornerstone of post WW2 modernism. Cracks in this story are now emerging along with the fact that Gropius was in hindsight, not a very good architect. Attacks on the Bauhaus like those by Rudolph Schwartz or Tom Wolf as well as a comprehensive list of Gropius hand-holders, and those edited out of his narrative are here explored. To conclude Gropius is compared to his contemporary Bruno Taut, a far more interesting and talented architect. This book like Peter Wilson's previous Bedtime Stories for Architects or Some Reasons for Traveling to Italy is written in his unique anecdotal style, savoring Shandyisms and the quirks of history." -- Verlagsangaben

9783906946429 Festeinband
3906946428

Gropius, Walter 1883-1969
Kahlköpfigkeit
Moderne
Architekturkritik
Bauhaus
Beschränkung
(Produktform)Hardback
(Produktform (spezifisch))Kartonnage (Sweden)
(Produktform (spezifisch))Cloth over boards
(Zielgruppe)Allgemein
(VLB-WN)1584: Hardcover, Softcover / Kunst/Architektur
Bolles+Wilson
Architektur
Peter Wilson
Architeturessays
Architekturtheorie
Architecture
Architekturgeschichte
Gropius

Bildband
Ouvrages illustrés

Location: Library main 322422
Call No.: 322422
Copy: 1
Status: Available