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Romanian Modernism - The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940 (Hardcover)
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Romanian Modernism - The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940 (Hardcover)
Series: The MIT Press
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This is the first book in English to reveal the extent to which
modern architecture flourished in Romania-and is still visible as a
neglected and almost forgotten past amid the contradictions of
present-day Bucharest. The return to Romania of avant-garde
intellectuals from abroad during the 1920s stimulated radical
changes that permeated and transformed Romanian society. During the
1930s Romania's cultural, technical, and artistic achievements
rivaled those of Western Europe and in some respects surpassed
them. This is the first book in English to reveal the extent to
which modern architecture flourished in Romania-and is still
visible as a neglected and almost forgotten past amid the
contradictions of present-day Bucharest.Luminita Machedon and Ernie
Scoffham focus on Bucharest between the two world wars. They show
how the Dadaist Marcel Janco and others influenced the adoption of
progressive policies, including the city's Master Plan of 1934,
which became one of the most forward-looking plans in Europe and
served the city's administration until well after the Second World
War. Much of the text is based on archival research in Bucharest,
on the journalism of the period, and on a small number of critical
publications, both during the interwar years and since. Most of the
period illustrations have never been published outside of Romania,
and some are being published here for the first time. Included are
photographs and drawings of buildings no longer in existence, as
well as drawings of significant unrealized projects. The foreword
is by Serban Cantacuzino, former editor of The Architectural Review
and Secretary of the Royal Fine Art Commission in London. Published
with the assistance of the Getty Grant Program.
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