The anti-rationalists and the rationalists
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The anti-rationalists and the rationalists
Architectural Press, 2000
Available at / 19 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
"First published separately as The anti-rationalists 1973 and The rationalists 1978. Combined edition 2000"--Verso of t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book pits some of the most famous architectural theorists against each other in one volume. The subject for debate is Modernism, the most pressing issue of the 20th century. This timely publication gives a comprehensive overview of the arguments and counter-arguments that abound. "The Anti-Rationalist and the Rationalist" is a combination of two excellent Architectural Press titles by prestigious authors. The first argues that 'the austere rationality of the modern movement is after all losing out'. Pevsner and Richards believe that a new generation of architects are turning again to exuberance, plasticity and individuality, in rebellion against the vision of industrial society symbolised by the sheer unadorned towers of glass and steel that came to dominate cities in the fifties and sixties. In contrast, Dennis Sharp examines the evidence to support the counter argument. He does this through an impressive collection of the most well respected architectural commentators of the century, such as Bruno Zevi, Charles Jencks and Geoffrey Broadbent.
This book contains stimulating debate between prestigious architectural critics gives invaluable information on the arguments surrounding Modernism. It provides a comprehensive summary of ideas in one volume provides an authoritative reference.
Table of Contents
- ANTI-RATIONALISTS - articles on Hector Guimard, Art Nouveau in Italy, Berenguer, Luis Domenech, Wagner and the Vienna School, Odon Lechner, Aladar Arkay, Bohemian Cubism, Mackmurdo Gleanings, The Early Works of Mackintosh, Mackintosh and Vienna, The Soft Jewellery of Art Nouveau RATIONALISTS - articles on Peter Behrens, Auguste Perret ,Adolf Loos - Ornament and crime, Frank Lloyd Wright's peaceful penetration of Europe, Walter Gropius, Mies van de Rohe, Le Corbusier: Twentieth-century living and twentieth-century building
- If I had to teach you architecture by Le Corbusier.
by "Nielsen BookData"