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Architectures
ISBN-13:
9780470777343
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Andrew Ballantyne
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment. Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. Presents crucial "e;moments"e; in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives. Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.
Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment.* Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment.* Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances.* Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives.* Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.
List of Illustrations.Notes on Contributors.Series Editor's Preface.Preface.Introduction: Architectures in the Plural: AndrewBallantyne.1. An Avant-garde Academy: Simon Sadler (University ofCalifornia, Davis).2. Aalto and the Tutelary Goddesses: Sarah Menin (University ofNewcastle).3. Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand's Architect: GerardLoughlin (University of Newcastle).4. Steps Towards a Sustainable Architecture: Brenda and RobertVale (University of Auckland, New Zealand).5. Gordon Matta-Clark's Building Dissections: StephenWalker (University of Sheffield).6. Territoriality and Identity at RAF Menwith Hill: David Wood(University of Newcastle).7. Domestic Space Transformed, 1850-2000: Elizabeth Cromley(Northeastern University).8. English Townscape as Cultural and Symbolic Capital: AndrewLaw (University of Newcastle).Bibliography.Index