Main entry:

Alofsin, Anthony.

Title & Author:

When buildings speak : architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933 / Anthony Alofsin.

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Description:

xi, 326 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
Preface -- Introduction: issues of architecture, language, and identity -- The language of history -- The language of organicism -- The language of rationalism -- The language of myth -- The language of hybridity -- Conclusion: continuities, discontinuities, and transformations -- Appendix: place-names.

Summary:

The canonical inventors of International Style have long dominated studies of modern European architecture. But in this text, Anthony Alofsin broadens this scope by exploring the rich yet overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226015068 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0226015076 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226015064 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780226015071 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(hbk.)
9780226015 064

Subject:

Habsbourg (famille de) Influence.
Association Mitteleuropa
Architecture Europe, Central History.
Symbolism in architecture Europe, Central.
Semiotics.
Architecture Europe centrale 19e siècle.
Architecture Europe centrale 20e siècle.
Symbolisme en architecture Europe centrale.
Sémiotique.
Architecture Europe centrale Histoire.
Architecture.
Symbolism in architecture.
Architektur
Gebäude
Symbolik
Architecture Europe, Central 19th century.
Architecture Europe, Central 20th century.
Architecture Language.
Central Europe.
Österreich-Ungarn
Autriche-Hongrie Histoire 19e siècle.
Autriche-Hongrie Histoire 20e siècle.
Geschichte 1867-1933
Mitteleuropa

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250109
Call No.: BIB 179642
Status: Available