Modern ArchitectureOxford University Press, 2002 - 287 páginas Colquhoun, an eminent scholar in the field of architecture, offers here a new account of international modernism that explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The book focuses on the work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe, re-examining their work and shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. The author presents a fascinating analysis of architecture with regard to politics, technology, and ideology, all while offering clear descriptions of the key elements of the Modern movement. Colquhoun shows clearly the evolution of the movement from Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the mega-structures of the 1960s, revealing the often-contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition. |
Índice
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
Chapter 1 Art Nouveau 18901910 | 13 |
Chicago 18901910 | 35 |
Germany 190714 | 57 |
Adolf Loos 190030 | 73 |
Chapter 5 Expressionism and Futurism | 87 |
Chapter 6 The Avantgardes in Holland and Russia | 109 |
Architecture in Italy 192065 | 183 |
Architecture in Scandinavia 191065 | 193 |
Urban Visions 193065 | 209 |
Architecture in America 194565 | 231 |
Notes | 255 |
264 | |
Timeline | 270 |
List of Illustrations | 277 |
Le Corbusier and Modern Architecture in France 192035 | 137 |
the Dialectic of the Modern 192033 | 159 |
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