Modern Architecture by Alan Colquhoun
This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters.Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.-
Art in Renaissance Italy 1350-1500
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Modern Art 1851-1929
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Northern Renaissance Art
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Portraiture
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Archaic and Classical Greek Art
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Landscape and Western Art
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Sculpture Since 1945
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Twentieth Century Design
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The Art of Art History
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Byzantine Art
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The Photograph
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European Architecture 1750-1890
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Medieval Art
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Art in Europe, 1700-1830
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Early Medieval Art
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Fashion
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Early Medieval Architecture
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After Modern Art 1945-2000
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Medieval Architecture
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Twentieth-Century American Art
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Indian Art
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Aegean Art and Architecture
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Art in China
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Native North American Art
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African-American Art
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Roman Architecture
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Architecture in the United States
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Nineteenth-century American Art
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Beauty and Art
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The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia
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After Modern Art
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The Art of the Roman Empire
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Victorian Architecture
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Sculpture, 1900-45
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Renaissance Architecture
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Design in the USA
The elegance of Colquhoun's writing, reinforced witha full apparatus of notes and bibliography and supported by well-chosen illustrations, makes the book something of a bargain* Building Design *
Alan Colquhoun was born in 1921, and studied architecture in Edinburgh and London. He was in partnership with J. H. Miller from 1961 until 1988. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Princeton University. His other publications include 'Essays in Architecture: Modern Architecture and Historical Change' and 'Modernity and the Classical Tradition: Architectural Essays 1980-1987'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192842268 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192842269 |
| Title | Modern Architecture |
| Author | Alan Colquhoun |
| Series | Oxford History Of Art |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2002-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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