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Hardcover. Etat : New. Orderbook - wwb â"Feb 2016 newsletter- ARCHITECTURE OF GREAT EXPOSITIONS, 1937-1959: MESSAGES OF PEACE, IMAGES OF WAR. Ed. By Rika Devos et al. Ashgate Publishing, Farnham/Burlington, 2015. Ashgate Studies in Architecture. 256 pp. With 107 ills. 25 x 18 cm. LC 2015-8821 ISBN 9781472434609 In English. Publi…sher's description: This book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at six major European international and national expositions that took place between 1937 and 1959. The volume gives a fascinating account of architecture assuming the role of the carrier of war-related messages, some of them camouflaged while others quite frank. The famous standoffs between the Stalinist Russia and the Nazi Germany in Paris 1937, or the juxtaposition of the USSR and USA pavilions in Brussels 1958, are examples of very explicit shows of force. The book also discusses some less known -- and more subtle -- messages, revealed through an examination of several additional pavilions in both Paris and Brussels; of a series of expositions in Moscow; of the Universal Exhibition in Rome that was planned to open in 1942; and of London's South Bank Exposition of 1951: all of them related, in one way or another, to either an anticipation of the global war or to its horrific aftermaths. A brief discussion of three pre-World War II American expositions that are reviewed in the Epilogue supports this point. It indicates a significant difference in the attitude of American exposition commissioners, who were less attuned to the looming war than their European counterparts. Indexing: Western, International (Western Style) â" 1900-1945, Post-1945 â" Architecture Plans: 73 Worldwide Number: 170555 Hardcover $109.95; *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened - -- with a bonus offer--; Ashgate Studies in Architecture.
