Main entry:

Pawson, John, 1949-

Title & Author:

Minimum / John Pawson.

Publication:

London : Phaidon, 1996.

Description:

271 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 269) and index.
Mass : the uncomplicated beauty of the unadorned wall -- Light : shadows and the power of transformation -- Structure : the discipline of mathematics -- Ritual : voluntary poverty and its enduring appeal -- Landscape : marks made by man -- Order : reason made visible -- Containment : how architecture defines space -- Repetition : the elements of simplicity -- Volume : the transforming power of proportion -- Essence : the irreducible minimum -- Expression : silence as language.
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Summary:

Minimum is an extended visual essay exploring the idea of simplicity in architecture, art and design across a variety of historical and cultural contexts. The book's diverse images are organised into a series of spatial themes mass, light, structure, ritual, landscape, order, containment, repetition, volume, essence and expression.

Resources:
Artist website
Publisher website

ISBN:

0714832626
9780714832623
9780714843537 (pbk.)
0714843539 (pbk.)

Subject:

Classicism in art.
Simplicity in art.
Simplicity.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Classicisme dans l'art.
Simplicité dans l'art.
Simplicité.
Soberheid.
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Landschapsarchitectuur.
Clasicismo en el arte.
Arquitectura moderna Siglo XX.
Architecture.
Art.

Form/genre:

works of art.
Art.
Œuvres d'art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 131658
Call No.: ID N7443.2.P397; ID:97-B25
Status: Available