Modern Architecture Representation and Reality

Name: Modern Architecture Representation and Reality
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ISBN: 9780300145670

ISBN-10: 0300145675

ISBN-13: 9780300145670

Edition: 2010

Authors: Neil Levine

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In this handsome book, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates for the first time the complex history of representationthe use and meaning of architectural signifiersfrom the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including Etienne-Louis Boullee, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Louis Kahn, Henri Labrouste, Augustus Welby Pugin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Soane, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Levine posits that all modern architects, much like visual artists, have had to grapple with…

Book details

List price: $54.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/18/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 0.94" wide x 1.12" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 4.4