Main entry:

Levine, Neil, 1941-

Title & Author:

Modern architecture : representation & reality / Neil Levine.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009.

Description:

x, 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Castle Howard and the subject matter of history -- The appearance of truth and the truth of appearance in Laugier's primitive hut -- From imitation to abstraction in the neoclassicism of Boullée, Soane, and Schinkel -- Pugin, Labrouste, and the new realism of decorated construction -- Essays in the erosion of representation by Viollet-Le-Duc and Louis Sullivan -- Representation without history in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright -- The reemergence of representation out of abstraction in Mies van der Rohe -- The aesthetic of the unfinished and the example of Louis Kahn.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

In this work, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates the complex history of representation from the 18th to 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.

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ISBN:

9780300145670 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300145675

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 18th century.
Architecture, Modern 19th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 18e siècle.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
Modernität
Symbolik
Arkitektur historia 1700-talet 1800-talet 1900-talet.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266740
Call No.: BIB 198729
Status: Available