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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas S. HinesPublisher: Getty Trust Publications Imprint: Getty Publications Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.10cm Weight: 1.112kg ISBN: 9781606065815ISBN 10: 1606065815 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 22 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1 Prologue: MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, 1932-1951 2 The Rise of Arthur Drexler, 1925-1951 3 Apprenticeship: Drexler as Curator, 1951-1956 4 Modernism at High Tide: Drexler as Department Director, 1956-1966 5 Creative Destruction: Drexler, MoMA, and the Changing Course of Modern Architecture, 1966-1975 6 Modernism under Siege: Drexler, MoMA, and the Postmodernist Challenge, 1975-1985 7 Modernism Reconsidered: Drexler and MoMA, 1980-1986 Notes IndexReviewsGiven the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. --Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . --Architectural Record A fascinating examination. --Journal of Design History This volume is richly illustrated with [106] black and white reproductions of photographs, buildings, exhibition installations and models. . . . It would be an appropriate addition for museum libraries or academic art libraries that support curatorial or museum studies departments. --ARLIS/NA Given the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. --Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . --Architectural Record Given the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. -- Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . -- Architectural Record This volume is richly illustrated with [106] black and white reproductions of photographs, buildings, exhibition installations and models. . . . It would be an appropriate addition for museum libraries or academic art libraries that support curatorial or museum studies departments. -- ARLIS/NA A fascinating examination. -- Journal of Design History Anyone interested in A&D at MoMA should read The Arthur Drexler Years, 1951-1986, especially those who want to know more about such important exhibitions as Built in USA: Post-War Architecture (1953), The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal (1967), The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1975), and Mies van der Rohe Centennial Exhibition (1986). --A Daily Dose of Architecture Books Author InformationTHOMAS S. HINES is professor emeritus of history and architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |