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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles
A revealing new look at modernist architecture, emphasizing its
diversity, complexity, and broad inventiveness "[Frampton] remains
a formidable force in architecture . . . The Other Modern Movement
offers an opportunity to re-examine the Western canon of
20th-century architecture-which Frampton himself was crucial in
establishing-and delve deeper into the work of lesser-known
practitioners."-Josephine Minutillo, Architectural Record Usually
associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was
instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in
architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced
concrete. Renowned historian Kenneth Frampton offers a bold look at
this crucial period, focusing on architects less commonly
associated with the movement in order to reveal the breadth and
complexity of architectural modernism. The Other Modern Movement
profiles nineteen architects, each of whom consciously contributed
to the evolution of a new architectural typology through a key work
realized between 1922 and 1962. Frampton's account offers new
insights into iconic buildings like Eileen Gray's E-1027 House in
France and Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs,
California, as well as lesser-known works such as Antonin Raymond's
Tokyo Golf Club and Alejandro de la Sota's Maravillas School
Gymnasium in Madrid. Foregrounding the ways that these diverse
projects employed progressive models, advanced new methods in
construction techniques, and displayed a new sociocultural
awareness, Frampton shines a light on the rich legacy of the Modern
Movement and the enduring potential of the unfinished modernist
project.
A beautifully illustrated retrospective of Art Nouveau architect
and designer Hector Guimard, positioning him at the forefront of
the modernist movement The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard
(1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the
popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects
of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his
work. Known for, among other things, the decorative entrances to
the Paris Metro and the associated lettering, he often looked to
nature for inspiration, and combined materials such as stone and
cast iron in unique ways to create designs composed of curves and
waves that evoked movement. Guimard broke away from his classical
Beaux-Arts training to advocate a modern, abstract style; he also
pioneered the use of standardized models for his design objects and
experimented with prefabricated designs in his social housing
commissions, advancing the technology of the time. With copious,
beautifully reproduced illustrations of his architectural drawings
as well as his furniture, jewelry, and textile designs, this volume
explores Guimard's full oeuvre and elucidates the significance of
his work to the history of modern art. Essays by an international
group of scholars present Guimard as a visionary architect, a
shrewd entrepreneur, an industrialist, and a social activist.
Published in association with the Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Exhibition Schedule: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New
York (November 17, 2022-May 21, 2023) The Richard H. Driehaus
Museum, Chicago (June 22, 2023-January 7, 2024)
Jeanne Mammen's watercolour images of the gender-bending 'new
woman' and her candid portrayals of Berlin's thriving nightlife
appeared in some of the most influential magazines of the Weimar
Republic and are still considered characteristic of much of the
'glitter' of that era. This book charts how, once the Nazis came
into power, Mammen instead created 'degenerate' paintings and
collages, translated prohibited French literature and sculpted in
clay and plaster-all while hidden away in her tiny studio apartment
in the heart of Berlin's fashionable west end. What was it like as
a woman artist to produce modern art in Nazi Germany? Can artworks
that were never exhibited in public still make valid claims to
protest? Camilla Smith examines a wide range of Mammen's dissenting
artworks, ranging from those created in solitude during inner
emigration to her collaboration with artist cabarets after the
Second World War. Smith's engaging analysis compares Mammen's
popular Weimar work to her artistic activities under the radar
after 1933, in order to fundamentally rethink the moral
complexities of inner emigration and its visual culture. While
Mammen's artistry is considered through the lens of gender politics
to reveal her complex relationship with the urbanisation of her
time, this book also highlights the crucial role played by a lost
generation of inner emigre women artists as agents of German
modernity. The examination of Mammen's life and work demonstrates
the crucial role women artists played as both markers and agents of
German modernity, but the double marginalisation they have
nonetheless encountered as inner emigres in recent history. It will
be of interest to students of German studies, art history,
literature, history, gender studies and cultural studies.
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