{"product_id":"breuers-bohemia-the-architect-his-circle-and-midcentury-houses-in-new-england-hardcover","title":"Breuer's Bohemia: The Architect, His Circle, and Midcentury Houses in New England - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Crump\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreuer's Bohemia explores a vibrant period of midcentury modern design and culture as seen through the influential New England houses designed by Marcel Breuer for his circle of clients and friends.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe iconic twentieth-century architect Marcel Breuer was a prolific designer of residential architecture, which is often overshadowed by his early renown as a Bauhaus furniture maker and his large-scale projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreuer's Bohemia surveys the houses he designed in Connecticut and Massachusetts from the 1950s through the '70s, many of which were commissioned by a few culturally progressive clients - chiefly Rufus and Leslie Stillman and Andrew and Jamie Gagarin - who coalesced around him into a dynamic social circle. Included in this scene were prominent cultural figures such as Alexander Calder, Arthur Miller, Francine du Plessix Gray, Philip Roth, and William Styron, and more, marking a unique intersection of postwar architecture, art, and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication of Breuer's Bohemia coincides with the feature-length documentary of the same name by author and filmmaker James Crump, exploring Breuer's explosive residential practice on the East Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough original research and interviews, the voices of principal characters from Breuer's circle and notable figures from the field of architecture help tell the story of Breuer's collaborations with his friends and clients, breathing new life into the history of the rich cultural atmosphere of which they all played a vital part. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavily illustrated with vintage and contemporary photographs as well as rarely seen archival materials, Breuer's Bohemia is a unique glimpse of a twentieth-century milieu that produced an aesthetic, intellectual, and sometimes sybaritic community during a fertile period of American design and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Crump\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, director, and producer whose films include the documentary \u003ci\u003eSpit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson?\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) \u003ci\u003eAntonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion \u0026amp; Disco\u003c\/i\u003e(2018), winner of the Metropolitan Grand Jury prize at the 2017 DOC NYC Film Festival \u003ci\u003eTroublemakers: The Story of Land Art \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), which premiered at the New York Film Festival with the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e declaring that it \"takes its place among the great art documentaries of the past half century\" and \u003ci\u003eBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn acclaimed art historian and curator, Crump is also the author, coauthor, and editor of numerous books and has published widely in the fields of modern and contemporary art. His critical texts have appeared in \u003ci\u003eArt in America, Artforum, Archives of American Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for the Smithsonian Museum, and \u003ci\u003eArt Review, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 11.28 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768052646176,"sku":"9781580935784","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e77ff5626ca39e940713adeac4f5e2f4.webp?v=1780323609","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breuers-bohemia-the-architect-his-circle-and-midcentury-houses-in-new-england-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}