Luxury and Modernism - Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933Pevná vazba
Luxury and Modernism - Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933Pevná vazba This beautifully illustrated book provides a new interpretation of modern architecture and design in Germany during…
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Luxury and Modernism - Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933Pevná vazba
This beautifully illustrated book provides a new interpretation of modern architecture and design in Germany during the heyday of the Bauhaus and the Werkbund, tracing modernism's lasting allure to its many manifestations of luxury. While modernism was publicized as a fusion of technology, new materials, and rational aesthetics to improve the lives of ordinary people, it was Robin Schuldenfrei casts the work of legendary figures such as Peter Behrens, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in an entirely different light, revealing the complexities and contradictions inherent to modernism's promotion and consumption.Luxury and Modernism shows how luxury was present in bold, literal forms in modern designs--from lavish materials and costly technologies to deluxe buildings and household objects--and in subtler ways as well, such as social milieus and modes of living.