Ballantyne Architectures

Modernism and After
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77734-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Interventions in Art History

Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history ofthe building from the advent of industrialization to the culturalimperatives of the present moment.
* * Brings together international art and architectural historiansto 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 thearchitecture of the past is made to respond to new and changingcultural circumstances.
* Provides a view of architectural history as a part of acontinuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social andcultural imperatives.
* Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which ispublished in conjunction with the Association of ArtHistorians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballantyne, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Notes on Contributors.
Series Editor's Preface.
Preface.
Introduction: Architectures in the Plural: AndrewBallantyne.
1. An Avant-garde Academy: Simon Sadler (University ofCalifornia, Davis).
2. Aalto and the Tutelary Goddesses: Sarah Menin (University ofNewcastle).
3. Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand's Architect: GerardLoughlin (University of Newcastle).
4. Steps Towards a Sustainable Architecture: Brenda and RobertVale (University of Auckland, New Zealand).
5. Gordon Matta-Clark's Building Dissections: StephenWalker (University of Sheffield).
6. Territoriality and Identity at RAF Menwith Hill: David Wood(University of Newcastle).
7. Domestic Space Transformed, 1850-2000: Elizabeth Cromley(Northeastern University).
8. English Townscape as Cultural and Symbolic Capital: AndrewLaw (University of Newcastle).
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Ballantyne is Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of Architecture, Landscape and Liberty: Richard Payne Knight and the Picturesque (1997), What is Architecture? (2002), and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (2002).