Advancing a Different Modernism
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | S.A. Mansbach | ISBN: | 9781351272988 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | S.A. Mansbach |
| ISBN: | 9781351272988 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Advancing a Different Modernism analyzes a long-ignored but formative aspect of modern architecture and art. By examining selective buildings by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) and by the Slovenian designer Jože Plecnik (1872-1957), the book reveals the fundamental political and ideological conservatism that helped shape modernism’s history and purpose. This study thus revises the dominant view of modernism as a union of progressive forms and progressive politics. Instead, this innovative volume promotes a nuanced and critical consideration of how architecture was creatively employed to advance radically new forms and methods, while simultaneously consolidating an essentially conservative nationalist self-image.
Advancing a Different Modernism analyzes a long-ignored but formative aspect of modern architecture and art. By examining selective buildings by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) and by the Slovenian designer Jože Plecnik (1872-1957), the book reveals the fundamental political and ideological conservatism that helped shape modernism’s history and purpose. This study thus revises the dominant view of modernism as a union of progressive forms and progressive politics. Instead, this innovative volume promotes a nuanced and critical consideration of how architecture was creatively employed to advance radically new forms and methods, while simultaneously consolidating an essentially conservative nationalist self-image.
