Main entry:

Starr, S. Frederick, author.

Title & Author:

Melnikov : solo architect in a mass society / S. Frederick Starr.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1978].
©1978

Description:

xvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Buildings and projects by K.S. Melnikov, 1914-1967": p. [259]-261.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index.
Training years, 1890-1917 -- Bearings in a new world, 1917-1921 -- Architect-agitator of the Red Thermidor, 1922-1925 -- International debut : Paris, 1925 -- Architecture and daily life, 1926-1928 -- Architecture for a cultural revolution, 1928-1932 -- Mass culture and megalomania, 1932-1937 -- Retrospection and introspection, 1938-1974 -- Architecture against death : the system of Melnikov's art -- Resume : buildings and projects by K.S. Melnikov, 1914-1967.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP54.20 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A study of the life and architectural works of Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, who was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade, placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s avant-garde architecture.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691039313
9780691039312
0691003319
9780691003313

Subject:

Melʹnikov, Konstantin Stepanovich, 1890-1974.
Melʹnikov Konstantin S. Architektur.
Mel'nikov, K. S. (Konstantin Stepanovich)
Melˊnikov, Konstantin Stepanovič, 1890-1974.
Melʹnikov, Konstantin Stepanovič 1890-1974
Mel'nikov, Konstantin Stepanovich, 1890-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Architects Russia (Federation) Biography.
Mass society.
Architectes Russie Biographies.
Société de masse.
Architects
Architektur
Architects Russia 20th century.
Russia (Federation)
Melʹnikov, Konstantin Stepanovich 1890-

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 155970
Call No.: NA44.M527.9 S7 1978
Copy: copy 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 155971
Call No.: NA44.M527.9 S7 1978
Copy: copy 1
Status: Available