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In the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily. "Women architects at work" tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the(...)
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In the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily. "Women architects at work" tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the(...)
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Women architects at work: Making American modernism
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In the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily. "Women architects at work" tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the United States. Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy describe how the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Massachusetts evolved for the professional education of women between 1916 and 1942. While alumnae such as Eleanor Agnes Raymond, Victorine du Pont Homsey, and Sarah Pillsbury Harkness achieved some notoriety, others like Elizabeth-Ann Campbell Knapp and Louisa Vaughan Conrad have been largely absent from histories of Modernism. Hunting and Murphy describe how these innovative practitioners capitalized on social, educational, and professional ties to achieve success and used architecture to address social concerns, including how modernist ideas could engage with community and the environment.
Women architects at work: Making American modernism
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In the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily. "Women architects at work" tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the United States. Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy describe how the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Massachusetts evolved for the professional education of women between 1916 and 1942. While alumnae such as Eleanor Agnes Raymond, Victorine du Pont Homsey, and Sarah Pillsbury Harkness achieved some notoriety, others like Elizabeth-Ann Campbell Knapp and Louisa Vaughan Conrad have been largely absent from histories of Modernism. Hunting and Murphy describe how these innovative practitioners capitalized on social, educational, and professional ties to achieve success and used architecture to address social concerns, including how modernist ideas could engage with community and the environment.
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February 2025
February 2025
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With nearly five millennia of architectural heritage, China boasts the longest continuous architectural lineage in history. A hundred years after the dawn of the 20th century, the urban landscape of the world's most populous country has now been transformed completely. The pivotal link between the ancient traditions of China's imperial past and the high-rise, glass-clad,(...)
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With nearly five millennia of architectural heritage, China boasts the longest continuous architectural lineage in history. A hundred years after the dawn of the 20th century, the urban landscape of the world's most populous country has now been transformed completely. The pivotal link between the ancient traditions of China's imperial past and the high-rise, glass-clad,(...)
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Modernism in China: architectural visions and revolutions
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With nearly five millennia of architectural heritage, China boasts the longest continuous architectural lineage in history. A hundred years after the dawn of the 20th century, the urban landscape of the world's most populous country has now been transformed completely. The pivotal link between the ancient traditions of China's imperial past and the high-rise, glass-clad, lust-for-wealth that characterises China's 21st-century architectural aspirations is a period of modernisation that revolutionised its architectural language and urban fabric. Despite the fact that the reach of Modernism was as effective in early 20th-century China as elsewhere in the world, China remains conspicuously absent from written histories of Modernism - as Modernism does from written histories of China. Modernism in China confronts this by investigating China's unique experience of Modernism, its remarkable variety, striking contradictions and recurrent paradoxes. Modernism in China acquired its own unique language forged from geographical, cultural, historical and political circumstances. This extensive study analyses, for the first time, the role of Modernism in the development of China's architectural and urban landscapes throughout the 20th century and, consequently, offers valuable context to the country's recent resurgence.
Modernism in China: architectural visions and revolutions
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With nearly five millennia of architectural heritage, China boasts the longest continuous architectural lineage in history. A hundred years after the dawn of the 20th century, the urban landscape of the world's most populous country has now been transformed completely. The pivotal link between the ancient traditions of China's imperial past and the high-rise, glass-clad, lust-for-wealth that characterises China's 21st-century architectural aspirations is a period of modernisation that revolutionised its architectural language and urban fabric. Despite the fact that the reach of Modernism was as effective in early 20th-century China as elsewhere in the world, China remains conspicuously absent from written histories of Modernism - as Modernism does from written histories of China. Modernism in China confronts this by investigating China's unique experience of Modernism, its remarkable variety, striking contradictions and recurrent paradoxes. Modernism in China acquired its own unique language forged from geographical, cultural, historical and political circumstances. This extensive study analyses, for the first time, the role of Modernism in the development of China's architectural and urban landscapes throughout the 20th century and, consequently, offers valuable context to the country's recent resurgence.
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October 2008, West Sussex
October 2008, West Sussex
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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time(...)
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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time(...)
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Cuban modernism: mid-century architecture, 1940-1970
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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time – creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde. Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.
Cuban modernism: mid-century architecture, 1940-1970
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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time – creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde. Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.
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February 2021
February 2021
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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- Urban anthropology Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Urbanization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Industrialization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper industry and trade Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper mines and mining Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Urbanisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Industrialisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Industrie Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Zambia.,
- urbanization.,
- miners.,
- labour migration.,
- 73.06 ethnography.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural.,
- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.,
- Copper industry and trade,
- Copper mines and mining,
- Economic history,
- Industrialization,
- Politics and government,
- Social conditions,
- Urban anthropology,
- Urbanization,
- Anthropologie,
- Ethnologie,
- Industrialisierung,
- Kupferindustrie,
- Verstädterung,
- Urbanisatie.,
- Industrialisatie.,
- Mijnwerkers.,
- Antropologia urbana.,
- Urbanização.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie.,
- Zambia Social conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Economic conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Politics and government.,
- Zambie Conditions sociales 1964-,
- Zambie Conditions économiques 1964-,
- Zambie Politique et gouvernement.,
- Zambia Copperbelt Province,
- Provinz Copperbelt,
- Sambia,
- stedelijke samenleving,
- urban society,
- antropologie,
- anthropology,
- etnografie,
- ethnography,
- urbanisatie,
- industrialisatie,
- industrialization,
- koper,
- copper,
- industrie,
- industry,
- handel,
- trade,
- mijnbouw,
- mining,
- economische situatie,
- economic situation,
- sociaal milieu,
- social environment,
- sociale economie,
- socioeconomics,
- politics,
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- zambia,
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- Electronic book.,
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
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Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / James Ferguson.
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / James Ferguson.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
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- Urban anthropology Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Urbanization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Industrialization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper industry and trade Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper mines and mining Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Urbanisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Industrialisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Industrie Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Zambia.,
- urbanization.,
- miners.,
- labour migration.,
- 73.06 ethnography.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural.,
- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.,
- Copper industry and trade,
- Copper mines and mining,
- Economic history,
- Industrialization,
- Politics and government,
- Social conditions,
- Urban anthropology,
- Urbanization,
- Anthropologie,
- Ethnologie,
- Industrialisierung,
- Kupferindustrie,
- Verstädterung,
- Urbanisatie.,
- Industrialisatie.,
- Mijnwerkers.,
- Antropologia urbana.,
- Urbanização.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie.,
- Zambia Social conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Economic conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Politics and government.,
- Zambie Conditions sociales 1964-,
- Zambie Conditions économiques 1964-,
- Zambie Politique et gouvernement.,
- Zambia Copperbelt Province,
- Provinz Copperbelt,
- Sambia,
- stedelijke samenleving,
- urban society,
- antropologie,
- anthropology,
- etnografie,
- ethnography,
- urbanisatie,
- industrialisatie,
- industrialization,
- koper,
- copper,
- industrie,
- industry,
- handel,
- trade,
- mijnbouw,
- mining,
- economische situatie,
- economic situation,
- sociaal milieu,
- social environment,
- sociale economie,
- socioeconomics,
- politics,
- politiek,
- government,
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201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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[Genève] : Métis Presses, [2022].
[Genève] : Métis Presses, [2022].
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Terrain critique : des nouveaux usages de l'art en urbanisme / Thierry Maeder.
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201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Terrain critique : des nouveaux usages de l'art en urbanisme / Thierry Maeder.
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[Genève] : Métis Presses, [2022].
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348 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
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348 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
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- Dwellings Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Material culture Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Architecture, Domestic Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Vernacular architecture Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Architecture, Domestic Arab countries.,
- Architecture domestique États arabes.,
- Habitations États arabes Expositions.,
- Culture matérielle États arabes Expositions.,
- Architecture vernaculaire États arabes Expositions.,
- Architecture, Domestic,
- Dwellings,
- Manners and customs,
- Material culture,
- Vernacular architecture,
- Woningen.,
- Wooncultuur.,
- Interieurkunst.,
- Huisvesting.,
- Bouwkunst.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Arab countries Social life and customs Exhibitions.,
- Arab countries Social life and customs.,
- États arabes Mœurs et coutumes.,
- États arabes Mœurs et coutumes Expositions.,
- Arab countries,
- Exhibition catalogues.,
- Exhibition catalogs.
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2003.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2003.
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Living under the crescent moon : [domestic culture in the Arab world / editor, Mateo Kries, Alexander von Vegesack ; translations: Jeremy Gaines, Julia Taylor Thorson, William Stoddart].
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348 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
Living under the crescent moon : [domestic culture in the Arab world / editor, Mateo Kries, Alexander von Vegesack ; translations: Jeremy Gaines, Julia Taylor Thorson, William Stoddart].
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2003.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2003.
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- Dwellings Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Material culture Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Architecture, Domestic Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Vernacular architecture Arab countries Exhibitions.,
- Architecture, Domestic Arab countries.,
- Architecture domestique États arabes.,
- Habitations États arabes Expositions.,
- Culture matérielle États arabes Expositions.,
- Architecture vernaculaire États arabes Expositions.,
- Architecture, Domestic,
- Dwellings,
- Manners and customs,
- Material culture,
- Vernacular architecture,
- Woningen.,
- Wooncultuur.,
- Interieurkunst.,
- Huisvesting.,
- Bouwkunst.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Arab countries Social life and customs Exhibitions.,
- Arab countries Social life and customs.,
- États arabes Mœurs et coutumes.,
- États arabes Mœurs et coutumes Expositions.,
- Arab countries,
- Exhibition catalogues.,
- Exhibition catalogs.
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The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of(...)
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The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of(...)
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Reglazing modernism: intervention strategies for 20th-century icons
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The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role. The book documents 20 iconic buildings.
Reglazing modernism: intervention strategies for 20th-century icons
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The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role. The book documents 20 iconic buildings.
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October 2019
October 2019
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This book investigates a particular kind of architecture that thrived in the 1950s in Cadaqués, a small Spanish fishing village on the Costa Brava. It explores a number of holiday houses built between the mid-1950s and 1960s by a group of architects who shared bonds of friendship and architectural affinities, as well as connections with the international Modern movement(...)
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This book investigates a particular kind of architecture that thrived in the 1950s in Cadaqués, a small Spanish fishing village on the Costa Brava. It explores a number of holiday houses built between the mid-1950s and 1960s by a group of architects who shared bonds of friendship and architectural affinities, as well as connections with the international Modern movement(...)
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Lineage and legacy: A certain Modernism in Cadaqués
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This book investigates a particular kind of architecture that thrived in the 1950s in Cadaqués, a small Spanish fishing village on the Costa Brava. It explores a number of holiday houses built between the mid-1950s and 1960s by a group of architects who shared bonds of friendship and architectural affinities, as well as connections with the international Modern movement (including José Antonio Coderch, Lluís Clotet, Federico Correa, Alfonso Milá, Oscar Tusquets, and Manuel Valls). Observations on the common threads that link eight case studies are enriched by a photographic essay by David Grandorge and by detailed architectural drawings on a number of significant projects of the time. An interview with the authors Stephen Bates (Sergison Bates architects, London) and Fernando Villavecchia (Liebman Villavecchia Arquitectos, Barcelona) provides a background to their shared fascination with Cadaqués. A timeline contextualizes the projects against the backdrop of historical events and the milestone in the lives of the clients and architects who made the village a unique locus in the history of architecture.
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This book investigates a particular kind of architecture that thrived in the 1950s in Cadaqués, a small Spanish fishing village on the Costa Brava. It explores a number of holiday houses built between the mid-1950s and 1960s by a group of architects who shared bonds of friendship and architectural affinities, as well as connections with the international Modern movement (including José Antonio Coderch, Lluís Clotet, Federico Correa, Alfonso Milá, Oscar Tusquets, and Manuel Valls). Observations on the common threads that link eight case studies are enriched by a photographic essay by David Grandorge and by detailed architectural drawings on a number of significant projects of the time. An interview with the authors Stephen Bates (Sergison Bates architects, London) and Fernando Villavecchia (Liebman Villavecchia Arquitectos, Barcelona) provides a background to their shared fascination with Cadaqués. A timeline contextualizes the projects against the backdrop of historical events and the milestone in the lives of the clients and architects who made the village a unique locus in the history of architecture.
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June 2021
June 2021
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xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- BMBF-Statusseminar,
- Art historians Germany.,
- Art Historiography.,
- Historiens d'art Allemagne.,
- Art Historiographie.,
- Art historians.,
- Kunstgeschichtsschreibung,
- Kunstwissenschaft,
- Methode,
- Germany.,
- (fast)Art historians.,
- (fast)Art--Historiography.,
- (fast)Germany.,
- Kongress Williamstown, Mass. <2001>
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Farnham, Surrey, England UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Farnham, Surrey, England UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
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German art history and scientific thought : beyond formalism / edited by Mitchell B. Frank and Daniel Adler.
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xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
German art history and scientific thought : beyond formalism / edited by Mitchell B. Frank and Daniel Adler.
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Farnham, Surrey, England UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Farnham, Surrey, England UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
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- BMBF-Statusseminar,
- Art historians Germany.,
- Art Historiography.,
- Historiens d'art Allemagne.,
- Art Historiographie.,
- Art historians.,
- Kunstgeschichtsschreibung,
- Kunstwissenschaft,
- Methode,
- Germany.,
- (fast)Art historians.,
- (fast)Art--Historiography.,
- (fast)Germany.,
- Kongress Williamstown, Mass. <2001>
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The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. "Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man" explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between aesthetics and politics. The design of the material environment, according to the author, was the social effort that(...)
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The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. "Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man" explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between aesthetics and politics. The design of the material environment, according to the author, was the social effort that(...)
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Modernism and the making of the Soviet new man
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The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. "Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man" explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between aesthetics and politics. The design of the material environment, according to the author, was the social effort that most clearly articulated the dynamic of the socialist project as a negotiation between utopia and reality, the will for progress and the will for tyranny. It was a comprehensive effort that brought together professional architects and statisticians, theatre directors, managers, housewives, pilots, construction workers. What they had in common was the enthusiasm for defining the "new man", the ideal citizen of the radiant future, and the settings in which he or she lives.
Modernism and the making of the Soviet new man
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The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. "Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man" explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between aesthetics and politics. The design of the material environment, according to the author, was the social effort that most clearly articulated the dynamic of the socialist project as a negotiation between utopia and reality, the will for progress and the will for tyranny. It was a comprehensive effort that brought together professional architects and statisticians, theatre directors, managers, housewives, pilots, construction workers. What they had in common was the enthusiasm for defining the "new man", the ideal citizen of the radiant future, and the settings in which he or she lives.
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March 2019
March 2019
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Modernism
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