Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers / Carter Wiseman.
Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers / Carter Wiseman.
Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers / Carter Wiseman.
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Publisher
New York : Norton, c1998.
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N720.9730904/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
412 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
Prologue. The Themes Take form -- Ch. 1. The Lure of the Tall -- Ch. 2. Domestic Diversity -- Ch. 3. Eclecticism and the Uses of the Past -- Ch. 4. Modernism and the Abstract Ascendancy -- Ch. 5. The Romantic Resistance -- Ch. 6. The Power of Preservation -- Ch. 7. The Outbreak of the Ordinary -- Ch...
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Publisher
New York : Norton, c1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Wiseman focuses to a large extent on its makers - the commanding figures who by force of personality and sheer artistic ability have indelibly influenced its progress: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Richard Meier, Michael Graves, and Frank Gehry among many others. The tr...
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Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers / Carter Wiseman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1998.
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N720.9730904/2
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0393045641
9780393045642
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720.9730904
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991011341319702626
