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- catalog abstract ""Using a social approach to explain the formal aspects of early twentieth-century architecture, this book demonstrates that the move away from historical styles and towards an engagement with space was predicted in part by a shift in the public for architecture." "Attaching modernist architecture to mass culture and to the kind of spectacle more often associated with postmodernism, this book also elucidates the way in which these abstract architectural forms were from the beginning enlivened by performances - from political pageantry to religious ritual - and the lighting that accompanied them. The author vividly illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by many of Germany's most celebrated twentieth-century architects, such as Max Berg, Bruno Taut, Peter Behrens, Otto Bartning, Dominikus Bohm, Heinrich Tessenow, Albert Speer and Hans Scharoun, were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society. Shared by architects and patrons across the political spectrum, these ideas inspired their attempts literally to build community." "German Architecture for a Mass Audience also demonstrates the way in which these modernist ideas have been challenged and transformed, most recently in the rebuilding of central Berlin; the renovation of the Reichstag by Foster and Partners and Libeskind's Jewish Museum are two of the examples explored."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12116110.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Attaching modernist architecture to mass culture and to the kind of spectacle more often associated with postmodernism, this book also elucidates the way in which these abstract architectural forms were from the beginning enlivened by performances - from political pageantry to religious ritual - and the lighting that accompanied them. The author vividly illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by many of Germany's most celebrated twentieth-century architects, such as Max Berg, Bruno Taut, Peter Behrens, Otto Bartning, Dominikus Bohm, Heinrich Tessenow, Albert Speer and Hans Scharoun, were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society.".
- catalog description ""Using a social approach to explain the formal aspects of early twentieth-century architecture, this book demonstrates that the move away from historical styles and towards an engagement with space was predicted in part by a shift in the public for architecture."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-168) and index.".
- catalog description "Shared by architects and patrons across the political spectrum, these ideas inspired their attempts literally to build community." "German Architecture for a Mass Audience also demonstrates the way in which these modernist ideas have been challenged and transformed, most recently in the rebuilding of central Berlin; the renovation of the Reichstag by Foster and Partners and Libeskind's Jewish Museum are two of the examples explored."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 172 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415173272 (hb)".
- catalog identifier "0415236541 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog subject "720/.943/0904 21".
- catalog subject "Architects Germany.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Germany 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Germany History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Germany.".
- catalog subject "Architecture and society Germany Influence.".
- catalog subject "Modern movement (Architecture) Germany Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Modern movement (Architecture) Social aspects Germany.".
- catalog subject "NA1068.5.M63 J36 2000".
- catalog subject "Popular culture Germany Influence.".
- catalog title "German architecture for a mass audience / Kathleen James-Chakraborty.".
- catalog type "text".