Surrealism and Architecture examines a long overlooked topic: the
relationship of surrealist thought to architectural theory and
practice. This is a historically informed examination of
architecture's perceived absence in surrealist thought, surrealist
tendencies in the theories and projects of modern architecture and
the place of surrealist thought in contemporary design methods and
theories.
This book represents the most current insights into the historical
and contemporary relationships of surrealism in the thought and
practice of modern architecture. Of all the artistic modernism
affecting the design of buildings and cities, only surrealism has
remained unexplored, yet the surrealist critiques of rationalism,
orthodoxy, and the spatial production of meaning have a place in
the history of modernism. In the 20 essays, the role of the
subconscious, the techniques of defamiliarization, aesthetic and
social forces affecting the objects, interiors, cities and
landscapes of the 20th century arerevealed in the works of Breton,
Dali, Aragon, Le Corbusier, Neimeyer, Kiefer, Hejduk, Tschumi, and
others ranging across the history of modern art and architecture.
The book contains a diversity of voices, methodologies, and
insights to bring into sharp focus what is often suppressed in the
histories of the modernist avant-garde. This comprehensive
collection examines the theoretical, visual, and spatial practices
of writers, artists, architects, and urbanists with particular
emphasis on the critique of the everyday world-view, offering
alternative models of subjectivity, artistic effect, and the
production of meanings in the built world.
With the renewed interest in the surrealist movement, this timely
collection of illustrated essays is the first to look at the
architectural possibilities of this distinct modern artistic
movement which was interdisciplinary and international. This book
offers a model for a new approach to historically rigorous analysis
of interdisciplinary artistic practice. It will be of interest to
scholars in the histories of modernism, students and practitioners
of art and architecture, cultural studies, and urban studies.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Editors: |
Thomas Mical
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
376 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-32519-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-32519-6 |
Barcode: |
9780415325196 |
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