Adolf Loos : the art of architecture /

Widely regarded as one of the most significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos was a celebrity in his own day. His work was emblematic of the turn-of-the-century generation that was torn between the traditional culture of the nineteenth century and the innovative modernism of the twentie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Masheck, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Series:International library of architecture ; 1
Subjects:
Loos, Adolf, > 1870-1933 > Criticism and interpretation.
Loos, Adolf, > 1870-1933
1900-1999
Architecture, Modern > 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture > 20e siècle.
Individual architects & architectural firms.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Contemporary (1945- )
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Architecture, Modern
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Loos and fine art
  • Loosian vernacular : an American case
  • Loos and imperial New York
  • Critique of ornament
  • Architecture and ornament in fact
  • Everybody's doric
  • Architecturelessness and sustainable art
  • The Wittgenstein house as Loosian
  • Loos and minimalism.

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