Modernism and the spirit of the city
Modernism and the Spirit of the City offers a new reading of the architectural modernism that emerged and flourished in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Rejecting the fashionable postmodernist arguments of the 1980s and '90s which damned modernist architecture as banal and mon...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Routledge
2002
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Add Tag | Summary: | Modernism and the Spirit of the City offers a new reading of the architectural modernism that emerged and flourished in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Rejecting the fashionable postmodernist arguments of the 1980s and '90s which damned modernist architecture as banal and monotonous, this collection of essays by eminent scholars investigates the complex cultural, social, and religious imperatives that lay below the smooth, white surfaces of new architecture. |
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| Physical Description: | p. cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0415258405 9780415258401 |
Modernism and the spirit of the city