Isbn: 9780300145670 - modern architecture: representation & reality (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf wear. Else clean copy.

cloth, dustjacket, large 4to x+364 pp., ca. 400 ills. monumental book; investigates the complex history of rerpesentation - the use and meaning of architectural signifiers - from the 18th century through te twentieth century; modern architects like Boullée, Hawksmoor, Kahn, Labrouste, Pugin, Schinkel, Sloane, Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, F.L. Wright and others; documented and richly illustrated; LIKE NEW condition. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 376 pages. An original and absorbing interpretation of the history of modern architectur e, focusing on a continuous historical development rather than on issues of styl eIn this handsome book, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine in vestigates for the first time the complex history of representation?the use an d meaning of architectural signifiers?from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, incl uding Étienne-Louis Boullée, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Louis Kahn, Henri Labrouste, Augustus Welby Pugin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Soane, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Frank Lloyd Wright.Levine posit s that all modern architects, much like visual artists, have had to grapple with issues of representation in their work. Interweaving influential examples from outside the scope of modern architecture, Levine traces the history of represent ation in architecture, and in writings on architecture, both within each archite ct?s oeuvre and throughout the centuries discussed. The book features previous ly unpublished images, many created for this publication, and it addresses a var iety of specific cases while offering an original and panoramic view of the hist ory of architecture. Beautifully written and accessible, Modern Architecture is destined to become a classic.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 432 pages. 11.00x9.20x1.30 inches. In Stock.