Paintings of Bob Kane by Richard Boyle

Paintings of Bob Kane by Richard Boyle

This unique contribution to social and urban history describes the struggle of prosperous German bourgeois leaders to bring order to their rapidly growing cities during the tumultuous age of industrial expansion in the decades before World War I. Brian Ladd sets the emerging theory and practice of city planning in the context of debates about the nature of the modern city and the possibility of improving society by regulating its physical environment. In so doing, he reveals the extent to which modern city planning is a product of the aspirations, prejudices, and frustrations of the German burghers who created it.

He sifts through the often contradictory motives underlying public health works (including waterworks, sewers, baths, and parks); plans for streets and squares, especially in new developments; working-class housing, zoning, public transit, and aesthetic concerns. He examines planning as civic boosterism and as social reform, identifying the reformers and describing their role in urban politics and society. His analysis focuses on Dusseldorf, Cologne, and Frankfurt-am-Main, but also pays considerable attention to Berlin and other cities.

This broad-gauged view of an increasingly popular subject will enlighten historians of Germany and of modern Europe, urban historians, city planners, and architectural historians.

Carl David is the director of David David, Inc., an art gallery founded by his grandfather in 1910. He is a member of the Appraisers Association of America and many other professional organizations in the art world, among them the Art and Antique Dealers League of America. He resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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ISBN 13	9780847824861
ISBN 10	0847824861
Title	Paintings of Bob Kane
Author	Richard Boyle
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Rizzoli International Publications
Year published	2002-11-23
Number of pages	128
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