Modern architecture / Alan Colquhoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colquhoun, Alan, 1921-2012.

Series:

Oxford history of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Colquhoun, an eminent scholar in the field of architecture, offers here a new account of international modernism that explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The book focuses on the work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe, re-examining their work and shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. The author presents a fascinating analysis of architecture with regard to politics, technology, and ideology, all while offering clear descriptions of the key elements of the Modern movement. Colquhoun shows clearly the evolution of the movement from Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the mega-structures of the 1960s, revealing the often-contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-269) and index.

ISBN:

0192842269

OCLC:

48753875