When Buildings Speak Architecture As Language in the Habsburg Empire and Its Aftermath, 1867-1933

Name: When Buildings Speak Architecture As Language in the Habsburg Empire and Its Aftermath, 1867-1933
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ISBN: 9780226015071

ISBN-10: 0226015076

ISBN-13: 9780226015071

Edition: 2008

Authors: Anthony Alofsin

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The canonical inventors of International Style have long dominated studies of modern European architecture. But in this text, Anthony Alofsin broadens this scope by exploring the rich yet overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 0.84" wide x 1.10" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 2.970
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Issues of Architecture, Language, and Identity



The Language of History



The Language of Organicism



The Language of Rationalism



The Language of Myth



The Language of Hybridity


Conclusion


Continuities, Discontinuities, and Transformations


Appendix: Place-Names, Educational Institutions, Translation of Secession


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index