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Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight, and the master builder
'Impossible Heights' examines a distinct American cultural consciousness that came into focus during the interwar years, with the excitement about aeroplanes and skyscrapers, as well as their anticipated roles in the creation of an ideal 'world of tomorrow'. The book explores how...
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| 格式: | Online Resource 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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Minneapolis
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2015
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| 在線閱讀: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816673186.001.0001 |
| 相關項目: | Erscheint auch als:
Impossible heights |
| 作者筆記: | Adnan Morshed |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture |
| 總結: | 'Impossible Heights' examines a distinct American cultural consciousness that came into focus during the interwar years, with the excitement about aeroplanes and skyscrapers, as well as their anticipated roles in the creation of an ideal 'world of tomorrow'. The book explores how this 'aesthetics of ascension' contributed to a broader transformation of the architect as a master builder, whose idealistic perspective from above ushered in a modernist impulse to ameliorate the spatial and social problems of an allegedly chaotic world. |
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| 實物描述: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xi, 291 pages)) |
| ISBN: | 9781452947549 |
