{"product_id":"twentieth-century-architecture-and-modernity-our-past-our-present-paperback","title":"Twentieth-Century Architecture and Modernity: Our Past, Our Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrizia Mello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe theme of \"modernity\" was the launching pad for architecture in the 20th century, to the point of completely revolutionizing our way of life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy causing in its development absolutizations and misunderstandings, actual motives linked to the profound desire to improve everyone's life were reconsidered\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the theory that the 20th century connected the objective of modernity to that of the Modern Movement, this book deals with the theme of a present continuity by revealing those \"open visions\" that characterized modernity at the end of the 19th century. By critically reviewing the main stages of development over time--as well as the intense debates of architectural historians, architects, and contemporary scholars--through the thesis of modernity as tradition, research, and criticism, a concept of contradiction is supported. Further echoed by that of \"architecture tout court,\" enhancing the present environment in its current fragility of views--even more so today with the appearance of a virus capable of undermining our way of living. These are \"contemporary modernisms\" aimed at recovering the essence of a recent past to project it into the present, restoring to architecture that long-neglected role of critical construction and formation of society in an era, ultimately defined as \"of Rembrandt beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.5 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 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765821800736,"sku":"9781954081901","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25fb3804347f02566a2218f7ec036a75.webp?v=1780280878","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/twentieth-century-architecture-and-modernity-our-past-our-present-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}