Changing ideals in modern architecture, 1750-1950.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Peter, 1920-1981.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture--History.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

2nd ed.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; London : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Collins explains what Revivalism, Rationalism, Eclecticism, and Functionalism meant to those who practised them, examining the impact that social forces and the other arts and sciences had on architectural styles while recognizing the tectonic continuities that underlie the seeming ruptures between pre-modern, modern, and post-modern approaches to design. His work is infused with a deep sympathy for the classical spirit of the eighteenth century and he argued rigorously and passionately that Enlightenment ideas could be of real value to the architects of his generation, particularly since technology had made it possible to use them effectively. Collins's plea for sensitivity to tradition and the urban fabric while encouraging technological innovation and unprecedented programs makes his thought just as vital today as it was ahead of its time when first published.Collins had long wished to see an affordable, fully illustrated edition of his book and McGill-Queen's University Press and the McGill School of Architecture are proud to at long last fulfil this wish. The new edition includes a biographical sketch of Collins, a brief publication history of the work, and an introductory essay by Kenneth Frampton that discusses the importance of the work at the time it was first published and highlights its relevance for the architectural problems of today. Like the classic works of Hitchcock, Giedion, Pevsner, and Benevolo, Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture is essential reading and forms a striking contrast with other works on modernism, such as Reyner Banham's. It will be pertinent to all those interested in architectural history and theory, modern history, history of ideas, and aesthetics.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword To The Second Edition

Notes On The Publication Of Changing Ideals In Modern Architecture

Preface

Acknowledgments

Illustrations

Introduction

Romanticism

1 Revolutionary Architecture

2 The Influence Of Historiography

3 The Influence Of The Picturesque

Revivalism

4 The Awareness Of Styles

5 Primitivism And Progress

6 The Roman Revival

7 The Greek Revival

8 The Renaissance Revival

9 Gothic Nationalism

10 Gothic Ecclesiology And Social Reform

11 Polychromy

12 Eclecticism

13 The Demand For A New Architecture

Functionalism

14 The Biological Analogy

15 The Mechanical Analogy

16 The Gastronomic Analogy

17 The Linguistic Analogy

Rationalism

18 The Influence Of Civil And Military Engineers

19 Rationalism

20 New Planning Problems

The Influence Of The Allied Arts

21 The Influence Of Literature And Criticism

22 The Influence Of Industrial Design

23 The Influence Of Painting And Sculpture

24 New Concepts Of Space

Epilogue

Bibliographical Note

Index Of Illustrations.

Notes:

First ed. published London, Faber and Faber ; and Montreal, McGill University Press, 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-85494-1

9786612854941

0-7735-6705-4

OCLC:

696031285