Luxury and Modernism : Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933 / Robin Schuldenfrei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuldenfrei, Robin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--Germany--History--20th century.

Design.

Luxury.

Modern movement (Architecture)--Germany.

Modern movement (Architecture).

Modernism (Aesthetics)--Germany--History--20th century.

Modernism (Aesthetics).

Technology--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Technology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1. ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This beautifully illustrated book provides a new interpretation of modern architecture and design in Germany during the heyday of the Bauhaus and the Werkbund, tracing modernism's lasting allure to its many manifestations of luxury. Robin Schuldenfrei casts the work of legendary figures such as Peter Behrens, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in an entirely different light, revealing the complexities and contradictions inherent to modernism's promotion and consumption.Luxury and Modernism shows how luxury was present in bold, literal forms in modern designs--from lavish materials and costly technologies to deluxe buildings and household objects-and in subtler ways as well, such as social milieus and modes of living. While modernism was publicized as a fusion of technology, new materials, and rational aesthetics to improve the lives of ordinary people, it was often out of reach to the very masses it purportedly served. Schuldenfrei exposes the disconnect between modernism's utopian discourse and its luxury objects and elite architectural commissions. Despite the movement's egalitarian rhetoric, many modern designs addressed the desires of the privileged individual. Yet as Schuldenfrei demonstrates, luxury was integral not only to how modern buildings and objects were designed, manufactured, and sold, but has contributed to modernism's appeal to this day.Featuring stunning color images throughout, Luxury and Modernism provides an entirely new look at one of the most celebrated and influential eras in the history of architecture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION LUXURY IN MODERNISM

CHAPTER 1 CONSUMPTION

CHAPTER 2 OBJECTIVITY

CHAPTER 3 CAPITAL

CHAPTER 4 PRODUCTION

CHAPTER 5 SUBJECTIVITY MIES VAN DER ROHE'S MATERIALITY AND THE REINSCRIBING OF MODERNISM'S MEANING

CHAPTER 6 INTERIORITY

CONCLUSION LUXURY'S LAST MANIFESTATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX

IMAGE CREDITS

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

De orquídeas y de tigres -- Leyendas del mestizaje -- El duende -- La refrigeradora -- La negrita -- El Mercedes --Temprano por la mañana.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400890484

1400890489

OCLC:

1132683983