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Building-Art: Modern Architecture under Cultural Construction (Contemporary Artists and their Critics) [Paperback]

Joseph Masheck (Author)

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Series: Contemporary Artists and their Critics | Publication Date: May 28, 1993

Building-Art: Modern Architecture Under Cultural Construction is an anthology of essays by noted critic Joseph Masheck. Considering topics in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture, its theory and practice, as well as selected achievements by such great modernists as Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Kahn, Masheck also analyzes important monuments and architectural ideas of such artists as Giorgio di Chirico and Tony Smith. Contextualizing and culturally speculative, these studies address such issues as the distinction between architecture and "mere" building, and architecture and engineering, frequently drawing the reader into architectural problems that have persisted for at least two centuries. Demonstrating a concern with on-going modernism, Masheck's essays guide the reader through the anti-modernist polemics of the 1970s and 1980s, which are particularly relevant in light of Postmodernism's demise. Joseph Masheck, editor-in-chief of Artforum from 1977-1980, is Associate Professor of Art History and coordinator of the graduate humanities program at Hofstra University. He is the author of several books and many articles.

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Demonstrating a concern with on-going modernism, this anthology of essays considers topics in 19th and 20th century architecture, its theory and practice, as well as selected achievements by Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Louis Kahn.

Product Details

Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 28, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521447852
ISBN-13: 978-0521447850
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,736,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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