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The Color of Modernism - Paints, Pigments, and the Transformation of Modern Architecture in 1920s Germany (Paperback)
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The Color of Modernism - Paints, Pigments, and the Transformation of Modern Architecture in 1920s Germany (Paperback)
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One of the most enduring and pervasive myths about modernist
architecture is that it was white-pure white walls both inside and
out. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The Color of
Modernism explodes this myth of whiteness by offering a riot of
color in modern architectural treatises, polemics, and buildings.
Focusing on Germany in the early 20th century, one of modernism's
most foundational and influential periods, it examines the
different scientific and artistic color theories which were
advanced by members of the German avant-garde, from Bruno Taut to
Walter Gropius to Hans Scharoun. German color theory went on to
have a profound influence on the modern movement, and Germany
serves as the key case study for an international phenomenon which
encompassed modern architects worldwide from le Corbusier and Alvar
Aalto to Berthold Lubetkin and Lina Bo Bardi. Supported by
accessible introductions to the development of color theory in
philosophy, science and the arts, the book uses the German case to
explore the new ways in which color was used in architecture and
urban design, turning attention to an important yet overlooked
aspect of the period. Much more than a mere correction to the
historical record, the book leads the reader on an adventure into
the color-filled worlds of psychology, the paranormal, theories of
sensory perception, and pleasure, showing how each in turn
influenced the modern movement. The Color of Modernism will
fundamentally change the way the early modernist period is seen and
discussed.
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