Overview

Lavishly illustrated, Architecture since1400 presents key moments and innovations in architectural modernity around theglobe. Making clear that visionary architecture has never been the exclusive domainof the West and recognizing the diversity of those responsible for commissioning,designing, and constructing buildings, this book provides a sweeping, cross-cultural history of the built environment over six centuries.

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Author:   Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.247kg
ISBN:  

9780816673971

ISBN 10:   0816673977
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   28 February 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments IntroductionKathleen James-Chakraborty 1. Wilhelmine Precedents for the Bauhaus: Hermann Muthesius, the Prussian State, and the German WerkbundJohn V. Maciuika 2. Henry van de Velde and Walter Gropius: Between Avoidance and ImitationKathleen James-Chakraborty 3. From Metaphysics to Material Culture: Painting and Photography at the BauhausRose-Carol Washton Long 4. Architecture, Building, and the BauhausWallis Miller 5. Bauhaus Theater of Human DollsJuliet Koss 6. Utopia for Sale: The Bauhaus and Weimar Germany’s Consumer CultureFrederic J. Schwartz 7. Bauhaus Architecture in the Third ReichWinfried Nerdinger 8. From Isolationism to Internationalism: American Acceptance of the Bauhaus Kathleen James-Chakraborty 9. The Bauhaus in Cold War GermanyGreg Castillo NotesSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Architecture since 1400 is a mature, impressive work--truly a global history of architecture. It is hard to imagine a more teachable book. --Nancy S. Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania

This book is a joy to read. As a scholar, James-Chakraborty has researched in depth, is able to condense her source material superbly, and offers intriguing insights into the buildings/projects under discussion. --ABE Journal

<p><br> Kathleen James-Chakraborty's Architecture since 1400 deserves the widest possible readership. This is a brilliantly conceived and beautifully written book that presents an original analysis of notable buildings around the world.<br> --Dolores Hayden, Yale University<br>

This book is a joy to read. As a scholar, James-Chakraborty has researched in depth, is able to condense her source material superbly, and offers intriguing insights into the buildings/projects under discussion. --<i>ABE Journal</i></p>

<p><br>Kathleen James-Chakraborty's Architecture since 1400 deserves the widest possible readership. This is a brilliantly conceived and beautifully written book that presents an original analysis of notable buildings around the world.<br><br>--Dolores Hayden, Yale University<br>

Author Information

Kathleen James-Chakraborty is professor of art history at University College Dublin. She is the author of German Architecture for a Mass Audience and Erich Mendelsohn and the Architecture of German Modernism and the editor of Bauhaus Culture: From Weimar to the Cold War (Minnesota, 2006).

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