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1. | | Title: The origins of modernism in Russian architecture Author: Brumfield, William Craft 1944- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | Russian and Eastern European StudiesPublisher's Description: The dramatic transformation of Russian architecture from the 1880s to the 1917 revolution reflected the profound changes in Russian society as it entered the modern industrial age. William Craft Brumfield examines the extraordinary diversity of architectural styles in this period and traces the sear . . . [more]Matches in book (780):...The Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture......Chapter Four— Fedor Shekhtel: Aesthetic Idealism in Modernist Architecture......Chapter Four— Fedor Shekhtel: Aesthetic Idealism in Modernist Architecture... Similar Items | 2. | | Title: William Faulkner and the tangible past: the architecture of Yoknapatawpha Author: Hines, Thomas S Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | Literature | American Literature | United States HistoryPublisher's Description: The world of William Faulkner is seen from a new perspective in Thomas Hines's imaginative and many-faceted study. Hines assesses the impact of the built environment on Faulkner's consciousness and shows how the architecture of the writer's fictional county of Yoknapatawpha reflects the actual archi . . . [more]Matches in book (160):Similar Items | 3. | | | 4. | | Title: American urban architecture: catalysts in the design of cities Author: Attoe, Wayne Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Architecture | Urban StudiesPublisher's Description: Conceiving of urban design in terms of architectural actions and reactions, Attoe and Logan propose a theory of "catalytic architecture" better suited to specifically American circumstances than the largely European models developed in the last thirty years for the remaking of cities.After exploring . . . [more]Matches in book (71):Similar Items | 5. | | Title: Renaissance Paris: architecture and growth, 1475-1600 Author: Thomson, David 1912- Published: University of California Press, 1985 Subjects: Art | ArchitecturePublisher's Description: In the modern literature on Renaissance art and architecture, Paris has often been considered the Cinderella of the European capitals. The prestigious buildings that were erected soon after François I decided in 1528 to make Paris his residence have long since been lost. Thomson, however, restores t . . . [more]Matches in book (138):...Architecture and Growth 1475–1600......variety of Parisian Renaissance architecture makes the interpretation of these......mason. The story of sixteenth-century architecture in Paris is full of curious... Similar Items | 6. | | Title: From craft to profession: the practice of architecture in nineteenth-century AmericaAuthor: Woods, Mary N 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | United States HistoryPublisher's Description: This is the first in-depth study of how the architectural profession emerged in early American history. Mary Woods dispels the prevailing notion that the profession developed under the leadership of men formally schooled in architecture as an art during the late nineteenth century. Instead, she cite . . . [more]Matches in book (450):Similar Items | 7. | | Title: Displaying the Orient: architecture of Islam at nineteenth-century world's fairs Author: Çelik, Zeynep Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Architecture | European History | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern HistoryPublisher's Description: Gathering architectural pieces from all over the world, the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 introduced to fairgoers the notion of an imaginary journey, a new tourism en place . Through this and similar expositions, the world's cultures were imported to European and American cities as artifacts an . . . [more]Matches in book (291):...Architecture of Islam at Nineteenth-Century World's Fairs......3— Search for Identity: Architecture of National Pavilions......3— Search for Identity: Architecture of National Pavilions... Similar Items | 8. | | Title: Behind the postmodern facade: architectural change in late twentieth-century America Author: Larson, Magali Sarfatti Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Architecture | Architecture | Philosophy | Politics | American Studies | Sociology | Social TheoryPublisher's Description: Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects - from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, . . . [more]Matches in book (969):Similar Items | 9. | | Title: A critic writes: essays by Reyner BanhamAuthor: Banham, Reyner Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Art | American Studies | Popular CulturePublisher's Description: Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essay . . . [more]Matches in book (612):Similar Items | 10. | | Title: Garrett Eckbo: modern landscapes for living Author: Treib, Marc Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Art History | California and the WestPublisher's Description: One of the central figures in modern landscape architecture, Garrett Eckbo (1910-2000) was a major influence in the field during an active career spanning five decades. While most of the early American designers concentrated on the private garden and the corporate landscape, Eckbo's work demonstrate . . . [more]Matches in book (274):...Los Angeles, California." Progressive Architecture 36, no. 5 (May 1955): 116–21.......Stephen. Building in the Garden: The Architecture of Joseph Allen Stein in India......a shelter for eating. Landscape architecture is at root the vehicle by which we... Similar Items | 11. | | Title: Toward a simpler way of life: the arts & crafts architects of CaliforniaAuthor: Winter, Robert Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Art | Architecture | Architectural History | Californian and Western HistoryPublisher's Description: This book celebrates one of the richest and most enduring themes in American architecture - California's Arts and Crafts Movement. Echoing the writings of Helen Hunt Jackson, Charles F. Lummis, and Charles Keeler, this movement represented a retreat into a quieter place from the materialism of Ameri . . . [more]Matches in book (310):...ideal made significant positive contributions to architecture in California.......2 –3, 153 , 193 ; influence on architecture, 86 , 188 , 231 , 237 Neutra,......Garden Apartments, 276 Northern California architecture. See under California... Similar Items | 12. | | Title: Temples and towns in Roman Iberia: the social and architectural dynamics of sanctuary designs from the third century B.C. to the third century A.DAuthor: Mierse, William E Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Classics | Archaeology | Art and Architecture | Architectural History | Art HistoryPublisher's Description: This is the first comparative study of Roman architecture on the Iberian peninsula, covering six centuries from the arrival of the Romans in the third century B.C. until the decline of urban life on the peninsula in the third century A.D. During this period, the peninsula became an influential cultu . . . [more]Matches in book (95):...process and the formation of architecture on the peninsula become quite......London. Sear, F. 1985. Roman Architecture. Ithaca. Sentenach y Cabanas, N. 1918.......1978. Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture. Harmondsworth. _____. 1948. Roman... Similar Items | 13. | | Title: The building program of Herod the GreatAuthor: Roller, Duane W Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Classics | Architecture | Ancient History | ArchaeologyPublisher's Description: Herod the Great, King of Judaea from 444 B.C., is known as one of the world's great villains. This notoriety has overshadowed his actual achievements, particularly his role as a client king of Rome during Augustus's reign as emperor. An essential aspect of Herod's responsibilities as king of Judaea . . . [more]Matches in book (136):...Palaces (1994), 184–93; Foerster, Masada , vol. 5: Art and Architecture (1995).......B. Ward-Perkins, Roman Imperial Architecture (2d ed. , Harmondsworth, 1981) ZDPV......Axel. Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture . 2d ed. Harmondsworth, 1978.... Similar Items | 14. | | Title: Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico/ Author: Treib, Marc Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural HistoryPublisher's Description: Among the oldest buildings in the United States, the churches of Spanish New Mexico - made of earth, of stone, of wood - are the surprisingly fragile reminders of a unique amalgam of Spanish architectural ideas and native American Pueblo culture. This book surveys the land and rivers, the people and . . . [more]Matches in book (212):...after renovation: Spanish colonial architecture in a simplified form. [1981]......p. 325. 90. Kubler, The Religious Architecture , p. 67. 91. Ibid. , pp. 69-70.......introduction to New Mexican church architecture and some answers to the... Similar Items | 15. | | Title: Myths in stone: religious dimensions of Washington, D.CAuthor: Meyer, Jeffrey F Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Religion | American Studies | Christianity | United States HistoryPublisher's Description: Washington, D.C., is a city of powerful symbols - from the dominance of the Capitol dome and Washington Monument to the authority of the Smithsonian. This book takes us on a fascinating and informative tour of the nation's capital as Jeffrey F. Meyer unravels the complex symbolism of the city and ex . . . [more]Matches in book (117):...1988 . Zucker, Paul , ed. New Architecture and City Planning . New York :......Craig, Lois . The Federal Presence: Architecture, Politics, and Symbols in the......Eternal Present: The Beginnings of Architecture . Washington, D.C. : Bollingen... Similar Items | 16. | | Title: Urban forms and colonial confrontations: Algiers under French rule Author: Çelik, Zeynep Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Middle Eastern Studies | Middle Eastern History | French Studies | Postcolonial StudiesPublisher's Description: During its long history as the French colonial city par excellence , Algiers was the site of recurrent conflicts between colonizer and colonized. Through architecture and urban forms confrontations were crystallized, cultural identities were defined, and social engineering programs were shaped and c . . . [more]Matches in book (86):...illustré Revue africaine Techniques et architecture Travaux nord-africains......The Civilizing Mission of Architecture: L'Exposition Coloniale Internationale de......that made an impact on the future architecture of Algiers. While the Algiers... Similar Items | 17. | | Title: Weimar surfaces: urban visual culture in 1920s GermanyAuthor: Ward, Janet 1963- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Literature | Architecture | Film | European Studies | European History | Popular CulturePublisher's Description: Germany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular. Janet Ward's luminous study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual cu . . . [more]Matches in book (339):Similar Items | 18. | | Title: The houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250: ritual, space, and decorationAuthor: Clarke, John R 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Classics | Art and Architecture | Architectural History | Art HistoryPublisher's Description: In this richly illustrated book, art historian John R. Clarke helps us see the ancient Roman house "with Roman eyes." Clarke presents a range of houses, from tenements to villas, and shows us how enduring patterns of Roman wall decoration tellingly bear the cultural, religious, and social imprints o . . . [more]Matches in book (116):...Architecture......Thebert, "Private Life and Domestic Architecture in Roman Africa," in From Pagan......that the reduction of trompe-l'oeil architecture and the new emphasis on the... Similar Items | 19. | | Title: The city: Los Angeles and urban theory at the end of the twentieth centuryAuthor: Scott, Allen John Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Urban Studies | Geography | Sociology | California and the West | American StudiesPublisher's Description: Los Angeles has grown from a scattered collection of towns and villages to one of the largest megacities in the world. In the process, it has inspired controversy among critics and scholars, as well as among its residents. Seeking original perspectives rather than consensus, the editors of The City . . . [more]Matches in book (114):Similar Items | 20. | | Title: Dwelling in the text: houses in American fiction Author: Chandler, Marilyn R Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature | American LiteraturePublisher's Description: What is a house? And what can architecture tell us about individual psychology, national character and aspiration? The house holds a central place in American mythology, as Marilyn Chandler demonstrates in a series of "house tours" through American novels, beginning with Thoreau's Walden and ending . . . [more]Matches in book (95):...The Inebriate, 18 ; "Song of the Broad Axe," 18 ; "Wicked Architecture," 18 "......Wicked Architecture" (Whitman), 18 Wolfe, Tom, 15 -16 Woolf, Virginia, 190......284 Lewis, R. W. B. , 230 Literary Architecture (Frank), 2 , 92 Lockleigh, 104 ,... Similar Items |
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