Dell Upton (Professor of Archit Professor of Architectural History

Architecture in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona to the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, American architecture is incredibly varied. In this revolutionary interpretation, Upton examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. 109 illustrations. 40 linecuts. Map.

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Interpreting American architecture, this text explores the subject in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. In giving particular attention to indigenous, folk, ethnic and popular architectures it seeks to reveal the richness of America's human landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford History of Art
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 168mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780192842176
• ISBN-10: 019284217X
• Artikelnr.: 22129546

Autorenporträt

Dell Upton is Professor of architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements * Introduction * Map * 1: An American Icon (Monticello
The Ordinariness of Architecture
The Domestic Community
Host and Hermit
Design
Consumption
Rethinking the Landscape
The Republican House
The New American House
Heirs of Monticello) * 2: Community (Authority
Metaphors
Citizenship
Ancestral Homelands
Cultural Authority
Community
Communities) * 3: Nature (Neoclassical and Romantic Nature
Country Life
Place
The Primitive
The Simple Life
Act Naturally) * 4: Technology (Work
Ventilation
Gender, Sex and Filth
The Technological Sublime
Producers and Consumers
Consuming Architecture) * 5: Money (The Political Economy of Architecture
Proximity
System and Flow
The Social Life of Work
The Public Life of Business
The Moral Authority of Capitalism
The Spatial Economy of Consumption
Consuming Architecture
Housing Non-Consumers) * 6: Art (Architects and Builders
Why Architects
Architecture as a Business
Architecture and Social Class
Style
Architect as Artist
Styles of the Self
Who is an Architect
Beyond Art) * Bibliographic Essay * Timeline * List of Illustrations * Index