Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and Its Present Condition - Couverture rigide

Muthesius, Hermann

 
9780892362820: Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and Its Present Condition
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ISBN 10 : 0892362820 ISBN 13 : 9780892362820
Editeur : Getty Research Institute,U.S., 1994

Synopsis

This text attempts to define the elements of early modernist architecture according to notions of realism and simplicity. Although the author, Hermann Muthesius, is perhaps most well-known in Anglo-American architectural literature for his studies of the English house, his work constituted a wide-ranging modernist polemic emanating from the German realist movement of the late 1890s. Notions introduced in the book became common in later modernist historiography: disdain for the 19th century's artistic eclecticism and lack of originality; appreciation of the material and industrial aspects of building technology; and a simpler approach to design. Muthesius' critique of stylistic architecture is not only linked to the development of the Deutsche Werkbund movement, but also can be viewed more broadly as a cornerstone of the modern movement. The introduction by Standford Anderson situates Muthesius and his work in turn-of-the-century architectural discourse and analyzes his vision of a new form of architecture. Anderson also discusses the rationale underlying the call for cultural renewal, the role of English architectural models in Muthesius's thought, critical differences between the first and second editions of "Style-Architecture and Building-Art", the influence of the Jugendstil and art nouveau movements on Muthesius and, in turn, the influence of Muthesius on the Deutsche Werkbund movement.

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Éditeur
Getty Research Institute,U.S.
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0892362820
ISBN 13 
9780892362820
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780892362837: Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and Its Present Condition

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0892362839 ISBN 13 :  9780892362837
Editeur : Getty Research Institute,U.S., 1996
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