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The Scenes Of The Street And Other Essays (Hardcover)
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The Scenes Of The Street And Other Essays (Hardcover)
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Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist,
and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known
for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the
field. This volume brings together a collection of such
writings--including the iconic, long unavailable "Scenes of the
Street"--into one volume. "Scenes of the Street and Other Essays
"showcases Vidler's engaging and accessible expertise on both
contemporary and historic subjects that are relevant to today's
concerns.
"Scenes of the Street," a multi-faceted analysis of city planning
is one such example; other essays in this volume include "Unknown
Lands: Guy Debord and the Cartographies of a Landscape to be
Invented," "Transparency and Utopia: Constructing the Void from
Pascal to Foucault," and "The Modern Acropolis: Tony Garnier from
La Cite Antique to the Cite Industrielle."
Vidler writes in his introduction:
"In the following essays, I have interrogated the struggle for an
urban architecture in the modern period, its critiques and
aspirations, in the belief that understanding the historical
dimensions of the debate will lead to a renewal of interest in an
architecture calculated to redeem, if only partially, our "planet
of slums" and its deteriorating environment; an interest that will
not simply reject "utopia" out of hand or fall back into the
complacencies of nostalgia. Written during a period in which the
debates themselves were actively engaged by critics and supporters
of modernism, they reflect contemporary issues as they search for
their prehistory. As historical inquiries, they inevitably also
engage the transformations in history writing itself since 1970,
intellectual responses to the social and political conditions of
postwar modernity.
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This fascinating series of essays on issues and figures is an
invaluable resource for architects and art historians and
enthusiasts of structure and substance alike.
General
Imprint: |
Monacelli Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2011 |
First published: |
March 2011 |
Authors: |
Anthony Vidler
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Dimensions: |
248 x 171 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
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Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58093-270-7 |
Categories: |
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Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
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LSN: |
1-58093-270-3 |
Barcode: |
9781580932707 |
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