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Author / Creator:	Colquhoun, Alan, 1921-2012.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford history of art Oxford history of art.
Subject:	Architecture, Modern -- 20th century. Architecture, Modern. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162085

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ISBN:	9780191592645 0191592641 0192842269 9780192842268
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes chapter notes (pages 255-263), bibliographical references (pages 264-269), a timeline, list of illustrations (pages 277-281), and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the period, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined, shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Author Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement from the 1890s to the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity, and tradition.
Other form:	Print version: Colquhoun, Alan, 1921- Modern architecture. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 0192842269

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Summary:	This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters.Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:	Includes chapter notes (pages 255-263), bibliographical references (pages 264-269), a timeline, list of illustrations (pages 277-281), and index.
ISBN:	9780191592645 0191592641 0192842269 9780192842268