Titre et auteur:

Autonomy and ideology : positioning an avant-garde in America / edited by R.E. Somol.

Publication:

New York : The Monacelli Press, 1997.

Description:

363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Proceedings of a conference in honor of Philip Johnson held Feb. 1-3, 1996 at Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art.
Proceedings of a conference in honor of Philip Johnson held in Feb. 1996 in New York City.
Contributions by: Bernard Tschumi, Terence Riley, R.E. Somol, Phyllis Lambert, Philip Johnson and Jeffrey Kipnis, Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Joan Ockman, Mark Linder, Paulette Singley, Sylvia Lavin, Francesco Dal Co, Detlef Mertins, Mitchel Schwarzer, Sanford Kwinter, K. Michael Hays, Rem Koolhaas, and Beatriz Colomina.
Introduction : Columbia University / Bernard Tschumi -- Introduction : the Museum of Modern Art / Terence Riley -- Statement of editorial withdrawal / R.E. Somol -- Kirstein's circle : Cambridge, Hartford, New York, 1927-1931 / Phyllis Lambert -- A conversation around the avant-garde / Philip Johnson and Jeffrey Kipnis -- The avant-garde revisited / Colin Rowe -- Autonomy and the avant-garde : the necessity of an architectural avant-garde in America / Peter Eisenman -- The road not taken : Alexander Dorner's way beyond art / Joan Ockman -- Wild kingdom : Frederick Kiesler's display of the avant-garde / Mark Linder -- The importance of not being earnest : "a trivial comedy for serious people" / Paulette Singley -- The avant-garde is not at home : Richard Neutra and the American psychologizing of modernity / Sylvia Lavin -- Winners and losers : interpreting the Mumford of The Brown decades / Francesco Dal Co -- System and freedom : Sigfried Giedion, Emil Kaufmann, and the constitution of architectural modernity / Detlef Mertins -- CIAM : city at the end of history / Mitchell Schwarzer -- The fallacy of misplaced concreteness and the "avant-garde" in America / Sanford Kwinter -- Abstraction's appearance (Seagram building) / K. Michael Hays -- Eno/abling architecture / Rem Koolhaas -- 1949 / Beatriz Colomina.
Includes mention of the CCA and reproductions of CCA collection material.

ISBN:

1885254598 (paperback)
9781885254597 (paperback)

Sujet:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
International Congress for Modern Architecture
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) History 20th century Congresses.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Congresses.
Architecture, Postmodern Congresses.
Architecture 20e siècle Congrès.
Architecture postmoderne Congrès.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture, Postmodern.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Classification/genre:

Proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Somol, R. E.
Linder, Mark, 1960-
Colomina, Beatriz
Dal Co, Francesco, 1945-
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-
Hays, K. Michael
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Kipnis, Jeffrey
Koolhaas, Rem
Kwinter, Sanford
Lambert, Phyllis
Lavin, Sylvia
Mertins, Detlef
Ockman, Joan
Riley, Terence
Rowe, Colin
Schwarzer, Mitchell
Singley, Paulette, 1960-
Somol, Robert
Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-
Centre canadien d'architecture

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 193583
Cote: NA680.A94 (ID:97-B4634)
Exemplaire: c. 1
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 214611
Cote: NA680.A94 (ID:97-B4634)
Exemplaire: c. 2
Statut: Disponible