What is Post-Modernism?
Charles Jencks(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 13. June 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-85490-428-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Provides a lucid exposition of Post-Modernism in art and architecture. This book clarifies a tradition that is thriving but still very much misunderstood. The reader is presented with many examples of art and architecture appropriate to Post-Modernism as well as being introduced to the history which preceded it, facilitating a much clearer understanding of the overall concept and initiating a thirst for more.
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Series
Edition
4., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
55 meist farb. Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
359 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85490-428-7 (9781854904287)
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Content
THE LOGIC OF HISTORY. Who Are We? Post-Modern Chooses Us. Capsule History. POST-MODERN CULTURE. The Protestant Crusade. The Protestant Inquisition Amplifies the Enemy. Post-Modernism as Double Coding. The Counter-Reformation in Architecture. Post-Modern Art Subverting While Inscribing. The Confusion of Late- with Post-Modernism. POST-MODERN SOCIETY. The Post-Modern Information World and the Rise of the Cognitariat. The Post-National World: Culture Acceleration. The Post-National World: Thinking Wild Thoughts. Post-Socialism and Socitalism. THE UNIVERSE AS MEASURE. A New Metanarrative? Index.