From ornament to object : genealogies of architectural modernism /
"In the late 19th century, a centuries-old preference for highly ornamented architecture gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the same moment, everyday objects--cups, saucers, chairs, and tables--began to receive critical attention.Alina Payne addresses this...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Semper's heritage
- The ubiquity of objects
- Art historians, objects, and empathy
- The architect's world between culture and style
- The fork in the road: Muthesius and Loos
- The aftermath: Bauhaus endgame and Le Corbusier's poetics of portability
- Conclusion: sculpture and scale.
