DELNET     HELINET         N-LIST        ACHARYA PUBLICATIONS        REMOTE ACCESS
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets
Image from Coce

Competing visions : Aesthetic invention and social imagination in Central European architecture, 1867-1918 /by Akos Moravanszky

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, London MIT Press 1998Description: xv, 508p Hard Bound 27 x 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262133340
DDC classification:
  • 22 720.94309034 MOR
Summary: "In this first comparative study of the architecture of the countries that defined the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from 1867 to 1918, Akos Moravanszky discusses the aesthetic innovations of Central European architects and the role that architecture played in the development of modern culture. By studying the crucial debates about modernity, national identity, tectonic from, and the social role of the architect, Moravanszky does justice to a story of enormous cultural complexity, rather than viewing architectural history as a linear story of buildings leading to a monolithic modern form." "This book unfolds the wide spectrum of problems that Central European artists and architects faced in the first decades of the century in such centers as Budapest, Prague, Brno, Vienna, Cracow, Zagreb, and Ljubljana. It also examines the changing interpretation of architecture by the critics of the time."--Jacket.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode
ASA-Regular Books ASA-Regular Books Acharya's NRV School of Architecture Acharya's NRV School of Architecture 720.94309034 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available ASA-R3124

"In this first comparative study of the architecture of the countries that defined the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from 1867 to 1918, Akos Moravanszky discusses the aesthetic innovations of Central European architects and the role that architecture played in the development of modern culture. By studying the crucial debates about modernity, national identity, tectonic from, and the social role of the architect, Moravanszky does justice to a story of enormous cultural complexity, rather than viewing architectural history as a linear story of buildings leading to a monolithic modern form." "This book unfolds the wide spectrum of problems that Central European artists and architects faced in the first decades of the century in such centers as Budapest, Prague, Brno, Vienna, Cracow, Zagreb, and Ljubljana. It also examines the changing interpretation of architecture by the critics of the time."--Jacket.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Copyrights © 2022 Acharya. All rights reserved

Powered by Koha