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Designing Transformation - Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism (Hardcover)
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Designing Transformation - Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism (Hardcover)
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Jewish designers and architects played a key role in shaping the
interwar architecture of Central Europe, and in the respective
countries where they settled following the Nazi's rise to power.
This book explores how Jewish architects and patrons influenced and
reformed the design of towns and cities through commercial
buildings, urban landscaping and other material culture. It also
examines how modern identities evolved in the context of migration,
commercial and professional networks, and in relation to the
conflict between nationalist ideologies and international
aspirations in Central Europe and beyond. Pointing to the
production within cultural platforms shared by Jews and Christians,
the book's research sheds new light on the importance of
integrating Jews into Central European design and aesthetic
history. Leading historians, curators, archivists and architects
present their critical analyses further to 'design' the past and
push forward a transformation in the historical consciousness of
Central Europe. By reconsidering the seminal role of Central
European emigre and exiled architects and designers in shaping
today's global design cultures, this book further strengthens
humanistic, progressive and pluralistic cultural trends in Europe
today.
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