Style and epoch

by Ginzburg, M. I︠A︡., (Moiseĭ I︠A︡kovlevich)

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Title Statements

Full title :Style and epoch / Moisei Ginzburg ; introduction and translation by Anatole Senkevitch, Jr. ; foreword by Kenneth Frampton.

Summary

Style and Epoch' by Moisei Ginzburg, first published in 1924, was the architect's key work; it became the philosophical basis for the Constructivist group of architects. Ginzburg defined the new style in architecture that signified a break from traditional styles. After two industrial revolutions, architects were faced with new challenges by society. The response was an innovative approach to architecture that put people - their needs and functions - at its center. The author's understanding of global economic and cultural processes is evident in his description of the development of a style that came to define the nature of architecture in the twentieth century, which today we call modernism. The significance of this book in terms of an understanding of culture, the avant-garde and the subsequent development of modernist architecture is hard to overestimate.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1982.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Published for the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Chicago, Illinois and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies New York, New York by the MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:1982.

Notes

Translation of: Stilʹ i ėpokha.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (159 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

oclc:ocn557969980
LC Classification:NA2543.H55
Dewey Decimal:720.1

Foreword / Kenneth Frampton -- Introduction / Anatole Senkevitch, Jr. -- Preface -- 1. Style. Elements of Architectural style. Continuity and independence in the change of styles -- 2. The Greco-Italic "classical" system of thought and its modern legacy -- 3. The prerequisites of the new style -- 4. The machine. The influence on modern art of the static and dynamic properties of the machine -- 5. Construction and form in architecture. Constructivism -- 6. Industrial and engineering organisms -- 7. The characteristic aspects of the new style -- Illustrations. Reflections of the new style in the works of modern Russian architects.

Subjects

Architectural design architectural theory Architecture -- 20e siècle Architecture -- Composition, proportion… Architecture -- Composition, proportion… Architecture -- Philosophie Architecture -- Philosophy Architecture and history Architecture et histoire Architecture, Modern Architecture, Modern -- 20th century Architectuurtheorieën art criticism Constructivism (Architecture) Constructivisme Constructivisme (Architecture) Critiques d'art Design architectural