Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction Adam Sharr Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

Somewhere Between 1910 And 1970 Architecture Changed Now That Modern Has Become Familiar (Sometimes Celebrated Sometimes Vilified) It\ S Hard To Imagine How Novel It Once Seemed Expensive Buildings Were Transformed From Ornamental Fancies Which Referred The Classical Medieval Pasts Into Strikingly Plain Reflections Of Materials Functions Technologies Promised Transformation Cities Overcrowded Conurbations Characterised By Packed Slums Dirty Industries Spacious Realms Generous Housing Clean Mechanised Production Set In Parkland At Certain Times Cultures Stood For Liberation Future Past This Very Short Introduction Explores Technical Innovations Opened-Up Cultural Intellectual Opportunities Happen Adam Sharr Shows Invention Steel Reinforced Concrete Radically Altered Possibilities Shaping Transforming What Architects Able As Did New Systems Air Conditioning Lighting While Weren\ T Responsible These They Among First Appreciate Could Make World Look Feel Different Connection With Imagery Other Spheres Like Art Industrial Design Focusing On A Selection Also Symbolize Bigger Ideas Discusses Was Why Imagined Considering Work Some Historians Critics Who Helped Shape He Demonstrates Field Owes Much Its Storytellers About Series: Introductions Series Oxford University Press Contains Hundreds Titles Almost Every Subject Area Pocket-Sized Books Are Perfect Way Get Ahead Quickly Our Expert Authors Combine Facts Analysis Perspective Enthusiasm Interesting Challenging Topics Highly Readable Σελίδες: 192 Διαστάσεις: 10 9X10 9Cm