9780856709685 - The New Moderns: From Late to Neo-Modernism von Jencks, Charles (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean with a tear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2400grams, ISBN:0856709689.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Why has New Modem architecture emerged? In this stimulating book Charles Jencks argues that Modernism has reappeared in a new form for deep social and psychological reasons. As in previous revivals it enjoys nothing so much as dying in order to be reborn and, having recently suffered a mortal blow from Post-Modernists, it now has a new life. Like all Modernisms of the last two hundred years it is based on continual destruction-construc-tion cycles, first clarified by Karl Marx. Modemism, according to this theory, is the style of the bourgeoisie in its guilt-ridden moments, a theory adumbrated by Adolf Loos, Marshall Berman and Tom Wolfe. This richly illustrated book brings these views together in a new, critical and amusing synthesis. Deconstructionist architecture, a paradigm of the destructive-creative schizophrenia of Modemism, provides the leading philo-sophical and stylistic edge of the movement. High-Tech architec-ture, with its overpowering urge to innovate and dominate, displays its masculine potency which.