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Arthur Brown Jr. - Progressive Classicist (Hardcover)
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Arthur Brown Jr. - Progressive Classicist (Hardcover)
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Celebrated by his peers for such masterpieces as the City Hall, War
Memorial Opera House, Temple Emanu-El, and Coit Tower in San
Francisco; the Pasadena City Hall; and the Labor-ICC block of the
Federal Triangle in Washington, DC, Brown epitomized the idea that
architecture not only houses society s daily rituals and defining
events but also can itself shape the sociopolitical landscape of
America. Arthur Brown Jr.: Progressive Classicist, the first full
study of Brown within his architectural and social context, unifies
the varied strands of the architect s life, from the architectural
forms and methods of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris to the
reforming spirit and self-reliant confidence of San Francisco after
the earthquake and fire of 1906 to the challenging economics and
changing aesthetics of machine-age America. It details the
development of Brown s major works and many other civic,
commercial, religious, academic, and residential buildings. It
chronicles his unflagging commitment to the classical tradition,
which he employed in contemporary, forward-looking institutional
buildings that emphasized continuity with the past while meeting
the needs of the future. To Brown, the classical tradition was not
a sacrosanct, unchanging body of knowledge; it was an expanding and
evolving set of ideas about architectural design that permitted,
and even demanded, change as new conditions and technologies were
developed. Arthur Brown Jr. is a fascinating look at the
man-captivated by the classical movement and obsessed with the
slightest architectural detail-and at his buildings, at once
canonical and inventive and singularly American."
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