Architectures

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Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history ofthe building from the advent of industrialization to the culturalimperatives of the present moment. * * Brings together international art and architectural historiansto consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape,profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. * Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when thearchitecture of the past is made to respond to new and changingcultural circumstances. * Provides a view of architectural history as a part of acontinuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social andcultural imperatives. * Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which ispublished in conjunction with the Association of ArtHistorians.

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Andrew Ballantyne

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Architectural History & Styles Architecture Architektur Architektur- u. Stilgeschichte Art & Applied Arts Art History & Criticism Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst Kunstgeschichte u. -kritik

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"This collection of stimulating essays delights in the variety anddiversity of modern architecture through differing processes ofstory telling and the analysis of facts. This is a book for thereader able to embrace plurality. Those who seek a singular visionwill need to look elsewhere." Robert Tavernor, University ofBath "Wide-ranging and original, this collection offers fresh newperspectives on architecture and its histories within the expandedarena of cultural studies. It suggests the many roles thatbuildings can play in the conscious and unconscious lives of humanbeings." Alice Friedman, Wellesley College
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