Title:
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ARCHITECTURES
MODERNISM AND AFTER |
By: |
Andrew Ballantyne (Editor) |
Format: |
Other digital |
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£78.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0470774223 |
ISBN 13: |
9780470774229 |
Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
25 February, 2008 |
Series: |
New Interventions in Art History |
Pages: |
272 |
Description: |
* 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. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |