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Summary
Summary
Eminent scholar Alan Colquhoun provides a fascinating analysis of international modernism in the world of architecture, and the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement. Exploring the evolution of the movement from Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, Colquhoun assesses the triumphs and failures of the era, along with the movement's main architects and their roles as acknowledged masters.
Author Notes
Alan Colquhoun was born in 1921, and studied architecture in Edinburgh and London. He was in partnership with J. H. Miller from 1961 until 1988. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Princeton University. His other publications include 'Essays in Architecture: Modern Architecture and Historical Change' and 'Modernity and the Classical Tradition: Architectural Essays 1980-1987'.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements |
| Introduction |
| Chapter 1 Art Nouveau 1890-1910 |
| Chapter 2 Organicism versus Classicism: Chicago 1890-1910 |
| Chapter 3 Culture and Industry: Germany 1907-14 |
| Chapter 4 The Urn and the Chamberpot: Adolf Loos 1900-30 |
| Chapter 5 Expressionism and Futurism |
| Chapter 6 The Avent-gardes in Holland and Russia |
| Chapter 7 Return to Order: Le Corbusier and Modern Architecture in France 1920-35 |
| Chapter 8 Weimar Germany: the Dialectic of the Modern 1920-33 |
| Chapter 9 From Rationalism to Revisionism: Architecture in Italy 1920-65 |
| Chapter 10 Neoclassicism, Organicism, and the Welfare State: Architecture in Scandinavia 1910-65 |
| Chapter 11 From Le Corbusier to Megastructures: Urban Visions 1930-65 |
| Chapter 12 Pax Americana: Architecture in American 1945-65 |
| Notes |
| Further Reading |
| Timeline |
| List of Illustrations |
| Index |
