From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural Modernism
From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural Modernism
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Payne, Alina.
Yale 2012
SKU 91383
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 shift, arguing for a new understanding of the genealogy of architectural modernism: rather than the well-known story in which an absorption of technology and mass production created a radical aesthetic that broke decisively with the past, Payne argues for a more gradual shift, as the eloquence of architectural ornamentation was taken on by objects of daily use.
Cl. 360 pp. many b/w illus
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