96 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
94 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
94 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Advancing a Different Modernism analyzes a long-ignored but formative aspect of modern architecture and art. By examining selective buildings by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) and by the Slovenian designer Jože Plecnik (1872-1957), the book reveals the fundamental political and ideological conservatism that helped shape modernism’s history and purpose. This study... Read more
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Critical and Theoretical Introduction
Chapter 2: Progressive Architecture for a Conservative Catalonia
Chapter 3: Jože Plečnik, an Idiosyncratic Slovenian Modernist
Chapter 4: Reflections on Modernism’s Complexity
Appendix
Biography
Steven Mansbach is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of the History of Twentieth-Century Art at the University of Maryland.
