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Romantic modernism : nostalgia in the world of conservation /

Is it possible for conservationists to approve of the reconstruction of old façades when virtually everything behind them is modern? Should they continue to protect the front façade, when the rest of the historic building has vanished? Is it socially responsible to spend government money on recons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Denslagen, W. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Sentimentality and the City; The Rectangular Sickness; Romantic Modernists; Self-seeking Romantics; Bad-mannered Buildings; The Revival Styles and Time Regained; Nostalgia and Imitation; Notes; Bibliography; Index