Main entry:

Anderson, Stanford.

Title & Author:

Peter Behrens and a new architecture for the twentieth century / Stanford Anderson.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.

Description:

xi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-408) and index.
1 A Context for the Early Work of Behrens: The Emergence of a New Architecture in Germany and Austria around 1900 1 -- 2 Behrens's Changing Concept of Life as Art: A Review of the Early Work 27 -- 3 Behrens's Highest Kultursymbol, the Theater: Darmstadt, 1900-1903 45 -- 4 Theory and Teaching of Architecture: Dusseldorf, 1903-1907 69 -- 5 Modern Architecture and Industry, a Cultural Policy of Historical Determinism: Berlin I 95 -- 6 Industrial Design, a Strategy for Uniting Technology and Art: Berlin II 113 -- 7 Architecture for Industry, the AEG Factories: Berlin III 129 -- 8 Expression, Convention, and Convention as Expression: Berlin IV 165 -- 9 Interwar Years 221.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This text looks at the work of Peter Behrens, analyzing the cultural and architectural context in which it was produced and the relation of his own house in Darmstadt to his ideal of a society where life is formed as art.

Resources:
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ISBN:

026201176X (paperback)
9780262011761 (paperback)

Subject:

Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940 Criticism and interpretation.
Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940.
Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940 Critique et interprétation.
Behrens, Peter 1868-1940
Behrens, Peter Künstler.
Architecture Germany History 20th century.
Architecture Allemagne 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Architects Germany 20th century.
Germany

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211817
Call No.: NA44.B421.9 A5 2000
Status: Available