Architectures Modernism and After

Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment.

• Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment.
• Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances.
• Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives.
• Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

Author: Andrew Ballantyne
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 11/07/2003
Series: New Interventions in Art History #3
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.32w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780631229438