LA's Early Moderns: Art, Architecture, Photography [Paperback]

Victoria Dailey (Author), Natalie Shivers (Author), Michael Dawson (Author), W. Deverell (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1890449164 | ISBN-13: 978-1890449162 | Publication Date: March 1, 2004 | Edition: 1

Galka Scheyer, Walter and Louise Arensberg, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Will Connell, Lloyd Wright, Norman Bel Geddes, Edward Weston, John Cage, Anais Nin, Jake Zeitlin, Merle Armitage, Harriet and Sam Freeman, and several dozen other artists and designers--this was a circle, not just a loose network of acquaintances. The modernist pioneers of Los Angeles art and architecture made statements in their work and legacies, but they were every bit as much a community as they were individual satellites of expression. These people gathered in solidarity, they met as friends and lovers, and they shared excitement over their important breaks with tradition. In modest but lasting ways, they changed Los Angeles forever. There is history in that, and there is inspiration as well. This book is about a secret Los Angeles, a Los Angeles filled with optimism about a different kind of "city of the future."

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Archit.Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890449164
• ISBN-13: 978-1890449162
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #944,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a Scene!, June 25, 2006

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The Los Angeles story has many parts, some better known than others. Writers have carefully detailed the city's social and environmental challenges, and Hollywood has never lacked for attention. But this book tells a fresher story about a relatively small but energetic group of Los Angeles painters, architects, and photographers whose early 20th-century modernism retains an extraordinary vitality. With its copious photos and illustrations (many in color), this book documents the lives and work of that scene's major figures (Edward Weston, Will Connell, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, etc.) along with dozens of others who made significant contributions to the modernist project. USC historian William Deverell provides a trenchant introduction. Highly recommended.