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Author Hartoonian, Gevork

Title The Mental Life of the Architectural Historian : Re-Opening the Early Historiography of Modern Architecture
Edition 2nd ed
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; NOTES; INDEX
Summary Starting with the question concerning the discursive formation of architectural history, the chapters compiled in this book attempt to re-read the historiography of early modern architecture from the point of view of the theoretical work produced since the post-war era. Central to the objectives of the argument are the ways in which, firstly, architectural history differs from the traditions of art history, and, secondly, that the historical narrative works its autonomy through theoretical re ..
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Subject Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983.
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987.
Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968.
SUBJECT Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968 fast
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987 fast
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983 fast
Subject Architecture -- Historiography.
Architectural historians.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy
architectural historians.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
Architectural historians
Architecture -- Historiography
Architecture, Modern -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443865951
1443865958