Main entry:

James-Chakraborty, Kathleen, 1960-

Title & Author:

Erich Mendelsohn and the architecture of German modernism / Kathleen James.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Description:

xvii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Modern architecture and cultural identity

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index.
A concrete monument to relativity -- Rhythms of motors and speed of life: the appeal of foreign modernisms -- The docking of the Mauretania and other experiments in 'style Mendelsohn' -- An architecture of the metropolis -- Advertising, transparency and light: no Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton -- Banana wholesalers and combines that run department stores -- A splendid demonstration of the modern spirit -- Conclusion.
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English.

Summary:

Erich Mendelsohn's buildings, erected throughout Germany between 1920 and 1932, epitomized architectural modernity for his compatriots. In this study, Kathleen James examines Mendelsohn's department stores, office buildings, and cinemas, the downtown counterparts to the famous housing projects built during the same years in Frankfurt and Berlin. Demonstrating the degree to which these buildings' dynamic presence stemmed from Mendelsohn's attention to their consumer-oriented functions, James shows Mendelsohn to be more than an Expressionist, as he is usually characterized. James recounts how his architecture closely reflected the controversies over modernity, including relativity, consumerism, and urban planning, that raged during the years of the Weimar Republic.
She also illustrates how much Mendelsohn's thriving practice depended on the patronage of his fellow German Jews, many of whom shared his commitment to creating alternatives to the nationalistic historicism of the late Wilhelmine period.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521571685
9780521571685

Subject:

Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 Criticism and interpretation.
Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 Critique et interprétation.
Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953
Mendelsohn, Erich 1887-1953
Mendelsohn, Erich, (1887-1953) Critique et interprétation.
Mendelsohn, Erich (Architekt)
BMBF-Statusseminar
Expressionism (Architecture) Germany.
Functionalism (Architecture) Germany.
Expressionnisme (Architecture) Allemagne.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Allemagne.
Expressionism (Architecture)
Functionalism (Architecture)
Architektur
Funktionalismus
Gebouwen.
Architects Germany 20th century.
Architects United States 20th century.
Jewish architects Germany 20th century.
Fonctionnalisme (architecture) Allemagne.
Expressionnisme (architecture) Allemagne.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Modern architecture and cultural identity.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192129
Call No.: ID NA44.M537; ID:97-B3226
Status: Available