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lxviii, 319 pages, 11 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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- Forsyth, Joseph, 1763-1815 Travel Italy.,
- Forsyth, Joseph, 1763-1815,
- Art Italy.,
- Art.,
- Travel.,
- Italy Description and travel.,
- Italie Descriptions et voyages.,
- Italy.
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Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2001.
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2001.
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Remarks on antiquities, arts, and letters during an excursion in Italy, in the years 1802 and 1803 / by Joseph Forsyth ; edited by Keith Crook.
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Remarks on antiquities, arts, and letters during an excursion in Italy, in the years 1802 and 1803 / by Joseph Forsyth ; edited by Keith Crook.
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Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2001.
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2001.
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- Forsyth, Joseph, 1763-1815 Travel Italy.,
- Forsyth, Joseph, 1763-1815,
- Art Italy.,
- Art.,
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- Italy Description and travel.,
- Italie Descriptions et voyages.,
- Italy.
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Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In ''The city authentic,'' author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars. Blending insightful analysis with pop culture, this(...)
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Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In ''The city authentic,'' author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars. Blending insightful analysis with pop culture, this(...)
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The city authentic: how the attention economy builds urban America
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Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In ''The city authentic,'' author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars. Blending insightful analysis with pop culture, this engaging study of New York State’s Capital Region is an accessible glimpse into the social phenomena that influence contemporary cities. The rising economic fortunes of cities in the Rust Belt, Banks argues, are due in part to the markers of its previous decay—which translate into signs of urban authenticity on the internet. ''The city authentic'' unpacks the odd connection between digital media and derelict buildings, the consequences of how we think about industry and place, and the political processes that have enabled a new paradigm in urban planning. Mixing urban sociology with media and cultural studies, Banks offers a lively account of how urban life and development are changing in the twenty-first century.
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Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In ''The city authentic,'' author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars. Blending insightful analysis with pop culture, this engaging study of New York State’s Capital Region is an accessible glimpse into the social phenomena that influence contemporary cities. The rising economic fortunes of cities in the Rust Belt, Banks argues, are due in part to the markers of its previous decay—which translate into signs of urban authenticity on the internet. ''The city authentic'' unpacks the odd connection between digital media and derelict buildings, the consequences of how we think about industry and place, and the political processes that have enabled a new paradigm in urban planning. Mixing urban sociology with media and cultural studies, Banks offers a lively account of how urban life and development are changing in the twenty-first century.
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avril 2023
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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478 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
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478 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
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- Moos, Stanislaus von,,
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- Rüegg, Arthur, 1942-,
- Herzog & de Meuron.
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- Herzog & de Meuron.,
- Architecture/Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs.
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Göttingen : Steidl, 2024., ©2024
Göttingen : Steidl, 2024., ©2024
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Twentyfive x Herzog & de Meuron / Stanislaus von Moos, Arthur Rüegg.
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478 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
Twentyfive x Herzog & de Meuron / Stanislaus von Moos, Arthur Rüegg.
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Göttingen : Steidl, 2024., ©2024
Göttingen : Steidl, 2024., ©2024
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- Moos, Stanislaus von,,
- Stanislaus von Moos -- Arthur Rüegg --,
- Rüegg, Arthur, 1942-,
- Herzog & de Meuron.
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- Herzog & de Meuron.,
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243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
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243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
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- Dion, Mark, 1961-,
- Iwona Blazwick -- Iwona Blazwick and Mark Dion in conversation -- Candy Stobbs -- Ben Luke -- Chelsea Kinchin-Smith -- Marion Endt-Jones -- Gilda Williams -- Magnus af Petersens -- Petra Lange-Berndt -- Andrea Barrett.,
- Blazwick, Iwona,,
- Whitechapel Art Gallery,
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- Dion, Mark, 1961- Exhibitions.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Interviews.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Criticism and interpretation.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Themes, motives.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Expositions.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961-,
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- Conceptual art United States 21st century Exhibitions.,
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- Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.,
- Art et sciences 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art et sciences 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Art conceptuel États-Unis 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art conceptuel États-Unis 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Installations (Art) 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Art 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art 21e siècle Expositions.,
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- Installations (Art),
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- Art, Modern.,
- Art and science.,
- United States.,
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London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2018., ©2018
London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2018., ©2018
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Theatre of the natural world / Mark Dion ; editor, Iwona Blazwick.
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243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
Theatre of the natural world / Mark Dion ; editor, Iwona Blazwick.
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London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2018., ©2018
London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2018., ©2018
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- Dion, Mark, 1961-,
- Iwona Blazwick -- Iwona Blazwick and Mark Dion in conversation -- Candy Stobbs -- Ben Luke -- Chelsea Kinchin-Smith -- Marion Endt-Jones -- Gilda Williams -- Magnus af Petersens -- Petra Lange-Berndt -- Andrea Barrett.,
- Blazwick, Iwona,,
- Whitechapel Art Gallery,
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- Dion, Mark, 1961- Exhibitions.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Interviews.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Criticism and interpretation.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Themes, motives.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961- Expositions.,
- Dion, Mark, 1961-,
- Art and science 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Art and science 21st century Exhibitions.,
- Conceptual art United States 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Conceptual art United States 21st century Exhibitions.,
- Installations (Art) 21st century Exhibitions.,
- Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.,
- Art et sciences 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art et sciences 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Art conceptuel États-Unis 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art conceptuel États-Unis 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Installations (Art) 21e siècle Expositions.,
- Art 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art 21e siècle Expositions.,
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- Installations (Art),
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- Art, Modern.,
- Art and science.,
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Designing modern Germany
Designing modern Germany
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This publication reveals how German attitudes toward national identity, modernity and technology are crucial to understanding German design. Aynsley traces the historical development of German design, beginning in the 1870s with the first dedicated Arts and Crafts schools and stretching through to the famous institutions of the Bauhaus and the Ulm Hochschule für(...)
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This publication reveals how German attitudes toward national identity, modernity and technology are crucial to understanding German design. Aynsley traces the historical development of German design, beginning in the 1870s with the first dedicated Arts and Crafts schools and stretching through to the famous institutions of the Bauhaus and the Ulm Hochschule für(...)
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Designing modern Germany
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This publication reveals how German attitudes toward national identity, modernity and technology are crucial to understanding German design. Aynsley traces the historical development of German design, beginning in the 1870s with the first dedicated Arts and Crafts schools and stretching through to the famous institutions of the Bauhaus and the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung. He analyses the works of leading figures such as Peter Behrens and Hannes Meyer, through to Ingo Maurer and Jil Sander, and many others in design specialties, including graphics, industrial products and furniture, fashion and architecture. He also offers the first consideration of the contrasting traditions of East and West Germany between 1945 and 1989. Whether examining the pre-First World War department store, the National Socialist fashion system or East Germany’s official design culture, German design significantly affected citizens’ daily lives.
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This publication reveals how German attitudes toward national identity, modernity and technology are crucial to understanding German design. Aynsley traces the historical development of German design, beginning in the 1870s with the first dedicated Arts and Crafts schools and stretching through to the famous institutions of the Bauhaus and the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung. He analyses the works of leading figures such as Peter Behrens and Hannes Meyer, through to Ingo Maurer and Jil Sander, and many others in design specialties, including graphics, industrial products and furniture, fashion and architecture. He also offers the first consideration of the contrasting traditions of East and West Germany between 1945 and 1989. Whether examining the pre-First World War department store, the National Socialist fashion system or East Germany’s official design culture, German design significantly affected citizens’ daily lives.
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novembre 2008
novembre 2008
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vii, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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vii, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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- Mass media and culture.,
- Information technology Social aspects.,
- Urbanization.,
- Espaces publics.,
- Transmission numérique.,
- Médias et culture.,
- Technologie de l'information Aspect social.,
- Urbanisation.,
- urbanization.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Media Studies.
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2016., ©2016
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2016., ©2016
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Geomedia : networked cities and the future of public space / Scott McQuire.
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vii, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2016., ©2016
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2016., ©2016
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- Mass media and culture.,
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xiv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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xiv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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- Percier, Charles, 1764-1838 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853.,
- Percier, Charles, 1764-1838.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard 1762-1853,
- Percier, Charles 1764-1838,
- Symbolism in architecture France.,
- Decoration and ornament France Empire style.,
- Symbolisme en architecture France.,
- Décoration et ornement France Style Empire.,
- Decoration and ornament Empire style.,
- Symbolism in architecture.,
- Architektur,
- Baudekoration,
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
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The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France / Iris Moon.
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xiv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France / Iris Moon.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
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- Percier, Charles, 1764-1838 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853.,
- Percier, Charles, 1764-1838.,
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard 1762-1853,
- Percier, Charles 1764-1838,
- Symbolism in architecture France.,
- Decoration and ornament France Empire style.,
- Symbolisme en architecture France.,
- Décoration et ornement France Style Empire.,
- Decoration and ornament Empire style.,
- Symbolism in architecture.,
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xxii, 401 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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xxii, 401 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.,
- Turing, Alan, 1912-1954.,
- Computers History.,
- Turing machines.,
- Computable functions.,
- Random access memory.,
- Ordinateurs Histoire.,
- Machines de Turing.,
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- Ordinateurs Mémoires à accès sélectif.,
- SCIENCE General.,
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New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
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Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / George Dyson.
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xxii, 401 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / George Dyson.
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New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
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- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.,
- Turing, Alan, 1912-1954.,
- Computers History.,
- Turing machines.,
- Computable functions.,
- Random access memory.,
- Ordinateurs Histoire.,
- Machines de Turing.,
- Fonctions calculables.,
- Ordinateurs Mémoires à accès sélectif.,
- SCIENCE General.,
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology.,
- TURING, ALAN MATHISON, 1912-1954.,
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that(...)
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that(...)
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White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that modern buildings are not naked. The white wall is itself a form of clothing -- the newly athletic body of the building, like that of its occupants, wears a new kind of garment and these garments are meant to match. Not only did almost all modern architects literally design dresses, Wigley points out, their arguments for a modern architecture were taken from the logic of clothing reform. Architecture was understood as a form of dress design. Wigley follows the trajectory of this key subtext by closely reading the statements and designs of most of the protagonists, demonstrating that it renders modern architecture's relationship with the psychosexual economy of fashion much more ambiguous than the architects' endlessly repeated rejections of fashion would suggest. Indeed, Wigley asserts, the very intensity of these rejections is a symptom of how deeply they are embedded in the world of clothing. By drawing on arguments about the relationship between clothing and architecture first formulated in the middle of the nineteenth century, modern architects in fact presented a sophisticated theory of the surface, modernizing architecture by transforming the status of the surface. "White Walls, Designer Dresses" shows how this seemingly incidental clothing logic actually organizes the detailed design of the modern building, dictating a system of polychromy, understood as a multicolored outfit. The familiar image of modern architecture as white turns out to be the effect of a historiographical tradition that has worked hard to suppress the color of the surfaces of the buildings that it describes. Wigley analyzes this suppression in terms of the sexual logic that invariably accompanies discussions of clothing and color, recovering those sensuously colored surfaces and the extraordinary arguments about clothing that were used to defend them.
White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that modern buildings are not naked. The white wall is itself a form of clothing -- the newly athletic body of the building, like that of its occupants, wears a new kind of garment and these garments are meant to match. Not only did almost all modern architects literally design dresses, Wigley points out, their arguments for a modern architecture were taken from the logic of clothing reform. Architecture was understood as a form of dress design. Wigley follows the trajectory of this key subtext by closely reading the statements and designs of most of the protagonists, demonstrating that it renders modern architecture's relationship with the psychosexual economy of fashion much more ambiguous than the architects' endlessly repeated rejections of fashion would suggest. Indeed, Wigley asserts, the very intensity of these rejections is a symptom of how deeply they are embedded in the world of clothing. By drawing on arguments about the relationship between clothing and architecture first formulated in the middle of the nineteenth century, modern architects in fact presented a sophisticated theory of the surface, modernizing architecture by transforming the status of the surface. "White Walls, Designer Dresses" shows how this seemingly incidental clothing logic actually organizes the detailed design of the modern building, dictating a system of polychromy, understood as a multicolored outfit. The familiar image of modern architecture as white turns out to be the effect of a historiographical tradition that has worked hard to suppress the color of the surfaces of the buildings that it describes. Wigley analyzes this suppression in terms of the sexual logic that invariably accompanies discussions of clothing and color, recovering those sensuously colored surfaces and the extraordinary arguments about clothing that were used to defend them.
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octobre 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
octobre 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
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Théorie de l’architecture
Théorie de l’architecture
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that(...)
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that(...)
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White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that modern buildings are not naked. The white wall is itself a form of clothing -- the newly athletic body of the building, like that of its occupants, wears a new kind of garment and these garments are meant to match. Not only did almost all modern architects literally design dresses, Wigley points out, their arguments for a modern architecture were taken from the logic of clothing reform. Architecture was understood as a form of dress design. Wigley follows the trajectory of this key subtext by closely reading the statements and designs of most of the protagonists, demonstrating that it renders modern architecture's relationship with the psychosexual economy of fashion much more ambiguous than the architects' endlessly repeated rejections of fashion would suggest. Indeed, Wigley asserts, the very intensity of these rejections is a symptom of how deeply they are embedded in the world of clothing. By drawing on arguments about the relationship between clothing and architecture first formulated in the middle of the nineteenth century, modern architects in fact presented a sophisticated theory of the surface, modernizing architecture by transforming the status of the surface. "White Walls, Designer Dresses" shows how this seemingly incidental clothing logic actually organizes the detailed design of the modern building, dictating a system of polychromy, understood as a multicolored outfit. The familiar image of modern architecture as white turns out to be the effect of a historiographical tradition that has worked hard to suppress the color of the surfaces of the buildings that it describes. Wigley analyzes this suppression in terms of the sexual logic that invariably accompanies discussions of clothing and color, recovering those sensuously colored surfaces and the extraordinary arguments about clothing that were used to defend them.
White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture
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In a daring revisionist history of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious, but least discussed, feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative masquerade costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that modern buildings are not naked. The white wall is itself a form of clothing -- the newly athletic body of the building, like that of its occupants, wears a new kind of garment and these garments are meant to match. Not only did almost all modern architects literally design dresses, Wigley points out, their arguments for a modern architecture were taken from the logic of clothing reform. Architecture was understood as a form of dress design. Wigley follows the trajectory of this key subtext by closely reading the statements and designs of most of the protagonists, demonstrating that it renders modern architecture's relationship with the psychosexual economy of fashion much more ambiguous than the architects' endlessly repeated rejections of fashion would suggest. Indeed, Wigley asserts, the very intensity of these rejections is a symptom of how deeply they are embedded in the world of clothing. By drawing on arguments about the relationship between clothing and architecture first formulated in the middle of the nineteenth century, modern architects in fact presented a sophisticated theory of the surface, modernizing architecture by transforming the status of the surface. "White Walls, Designer Dresses" shows how this seemingly incidental clothing logic actually organizes the detailed design of the modern building, dictating a system of polychromy, understood as a multicolored outfit. The familiar image of modern architecture as white turns out to be the effect of a historiographical tradition that has worked hard to suppress the color of the surfaces of the buildings that it describes. Wigley analyzes this suppression in terms of the sexual logic that invariably accompanies discussions of clothing and color, recovering those sensuously colored surfaces and the extraordinary arguments about clothing that were used to defend them.
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décembre 1995, Cambridge, Mass.
décembre 1995, Cambridge, Mass.
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Théorie de l’architecture
Théorie de l’architecture
