Modern Architecture: A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art (Texts & Documents) [Paperback]

Otto Wagner (Author), Harry Mallgrave (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226869393 | ISBN-13: 978-0226869391 | Publication Date: 1988 | Edition: 1St Edition

This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics.

Wagner's manifesto is a plea for an end to architectural eclecticism and for a more rational approach to design suited to contemporary life.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute; 1St Edition edition (1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226869393
• ISBN-13: 978-0226869391
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars a master of his time, June 1, 2008

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This review is from: Modern Architecture: A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art (Texts & Documents) (Paperback)

Mallgrave and the Getty have done it again, bridging the gap between modernity and 18th century classic culture. This beautiful edition, supported on the vast culture of its editors, gives us the image of Wagner as a master, more than a simple architect.
In this sense his observations on style, life, architecture, drafting, etc., all melt together, and become general, powerful ideas.