Architecture and cubism / edited and with an introduction by Eve Blau and Nancy J. Troy ; essays by David Cottington [and others].

Title & Author:

Architecture and cubism / edited and with an introduction by Eve Blau and Nancy J. Troy ; essays by David Cottington [and others].

Publication:

Description:

xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Many of the essays in this book were originally presented at a colloquium organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Maison Cubiste and the meaning of modernism in pre-1914 France / David Cottington -- The burden of Cubism : the French imprint on Czech architecture, 1910-1914 / Irene Žantovská Murray -- Cubism and the Gothic tradition / Kevin D. Murphy -- "Architecture" in Léger's essays, 1913-1933 / Robert L. Herbert -- Architecture of the Cubist poem / Jay Bochner -- The cell in the city / Paul Overy -- Where are we? / Beatriz Colomina -- Unnatural acts : propositions for a new French garden, 1920-1930 / Dorothée Imbert -- Cubistic, Cubic, and Cubist / Yve-Alain Bois -- Jeanneret-Le Corbusier, painter-architect / Bruno Reichlin -- Anything but literal : Sigfried Giedion and the reception of Cubism in Germany / Detlef Mertins.
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Summary:

A fundamental tenet of the historiography of modern architecture holds that cubism forges a vital link between avant-garde practices in early twentieth-century painting and architecture.

ISBN:

0262024225 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780262024228 (hc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cubism (Architecture) Europe.
Cubism Europe Influence.
Cubisme (Architecture) Europe.
Cubisme Europe Influence.
Cubism (Architecture)
Cubism Influence.
Architektur
Kubismus
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Kubisme.
Architecture Europe History 20th century.
Architecture 1900-1945 Europe.
Europe.
Cubism

Form/genre:

Kongress Montréal 1993.
Kongress Montéal 1993.

Added entries:

Blau, Eve.
Troy, Nancy J.
Cottington, David.
Centre canadien d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room cca productions 179944
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