The art of brutalism : rescuing hope from catastrophe in 1950s Britain / Ben Highmore.
The art of brutalism : rescuing hope from catastrophe in 1950s Britain / Ben Highmore.
The art of brutalism : rescuing hope from catastrophe in 1950s Britain / Ben Highmore.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
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GQ 2017/608
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Language
English
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Physical content
297 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: brutalism: style, substance, sensibility -- Parallel of life and art: brutalism's locus classicus -- Building on ruins: East End ethnography and vernacular urbanism -- Acid etched walls: Hammer Prints and domestic brutalism -- Brutalist bodies and cybernetic time -- Domestic anxiety an...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
While most famously associated with numerous mid-century architects, Brutalism was a style of visual art that was also adopted by painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers. Taking into account Brutalist work by eminent artists such as Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as lesser-known practitioners like Nigel Henderson and Mag...
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The art of brutalism : rescuing hope from catastrophe in 1950s Britain / Ben Highmore.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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GQ 2017/608
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74VKVLlpwRJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLlpwRJd
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ISBN
0300222742 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780300222746 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
701.03
MMS ID
991024113019802626
