The color of modernism : paints, pigments, and the transformation of modern architecture in 1920s Germany / Deborah Ascher Barnstone.

Main entry:

Barnstone, Deborah Ascher, author.

Title & Author:

The color of modernism : paints, pigments, and the transformation of modern architecture in 1920s Germany / Deborah Ascher Barnstone.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.

Description:

xxii, 233 pages, 32 unnnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Color in German Architecture of the 1920s -- Color and Mysticism -- Color and Fourth-dimensional Space -- Color and Spatial Perception -- Color and Optical Pleasure -- Color Healing, Color Psychology and Emotion -- Epilogue: The Problem with Color.

Summary:

"One of the most enduring and pervasive myths about modernist architecture is that it was white-pure white walls both inside and out. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The Color of Modernism explodes this myth of whiteness by offering a riot of color in modern architectural treatises, polemics, and buildings. Focusing on Germany in the early 20th century, one of modernism's most foundational and influential periods, it examines the different scientific and artistic color theories which were advanced by members of the German avant-garde, from Bruno Taut to Walter Gropius to Hans Scharoun. German color theory went on to have a profound influence on the modern movement, and Germany serves as the key case study for an international phenomenon which encompassed modern architects worldwide from le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto to Berthold Lubetkin and Lina Bo Bardi. Supported by accessible introductions to the development of color theory in philosophy, science and the arts, the book uses the German case to explore the new ways in which color was used in architecture and urban design, turning attention to an important yet overlooked aspect of the period. Much more than a mere correction to the historical record, the book leads the reader on an adventure into the color-filled worlds of psychology, the paranormal, theories of sensory perception, and pleasure, showing how each in turn influenced the modern movement. The Color of Modernism will fundamentally change the way the early modernist period is seen and discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781350251335 (paperback)
135025133X (paperback)
9781350251342 (hardcover)
1350251348 (hardcover)
(pdf)
9781350251359
(epub)
9781350251366
9781350251373

Subject:

Color in architecture Germany History 20th century.
Color (Philosophy) Germany History 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture) Germany.
Couleur en architecture Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Couleur (Philosophie) Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Allemagne.
Color in architecture
Color (Philosophy)
Modern movement (Architecture)
Germany

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315363
Call No.: 315363
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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