The Civic Architecture of Paul Cret - Rilegato

Grossman, Elizabeth Greenwell

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ISBN 10: 0521496012 ISBN 13: 9780521496018

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Riassunto

Elizabeth Grossman's study is the first to examine the civic architecture of Paul Cret, one of the most gifted architects of the twentieth century. Focusing on six important civic projects erected between 1907 and 1939, Grossman demonstrates how Cret's architecture contributed to the debate about modern architecture and classicism which engaged the architectural profession and clients as they reconceptualised civic values, particularly during the 1920s and '30s. The practical needs and symbolic ambitions of the government and cultural agencies that commissioned work from Cret are, moreover, related to the architect's own concern for an architecture that might advance participation in the country's burgeoning republican institutions, including libraries, museums, and state and federal agencies.

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' ... this is a welcome study detailing Cret's contribution to twentieth-century architecture'. The Art Book

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Elizabeth Grossman's study is the first to examine the civic architecture of Paul Cret, one of the most gifted architects of the twentieth century. Grossman demonstrates how Cret's architecture contributed to the debate about modern architecture and classicism which engaged the architectural profession during the 1920s and '30s.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521496012
• ISBN 13: 9780521496018
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 300