
Architecture Transformed
History of the Photography of Buildings from 1839 to the Present
MIT Press
Published on 19. July 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-262-68064-6 (ISBN)
Description
This magnificently illustrated book documents a history of style in the photography of buildings and a history of the art and technology of photography itself.
This magnificently illustrated book documents a history of style in the photography of buildings and a history of the art and technology of photography itself. From photography's beginnings, the authors show, the camera has been used to make critical and expressive statements about the built world.
Cervin Robinson is one of America's bestknown architectural photographers. Joel Herschman is Associate Professor of Art History at Fordham University.
Review text:
'A volume whose photographs give aesthetic delight on almost every page and whose text is filled with information not readily available elsewhere, published in the large and sumptuous format it deserves.'
-- Brendan Gill, New Yorker
'Both exquisite and incisive, tracing not only the development of photography itself but the subtle ways in which photography has shaped our culture's attitudes toward buildings. Architecture Transformed is the rare largeformat book: the elegance of its design is matched by the significance of its text.'
-- Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review
'A large, gorgeous book, the kind to page through again and again.'
-- Boston Globe
This magnificently illustrated book documents a history of style in the photography of buildings and a history of the art and technology of photography itself. From photography's beginnings, the authors show, the camera has been used to make critical and expressive statements about the built world.
Cervin Robinson is one of America's bestknown architectural photographers. Joel Herschman is Associate Professor of Art History at Fordham University.
Review text:
'A volume whose photographs give aesthetic delight on almost every page and whose text is filled with information not readily available elsewhere, published in the large and sumptuous format it deserves.'
-- Brendan Gill, New Yorker
'Both exquisite and incisive, tracing not only the development of photography itself but the subtle ways in which photography has shaped our culture's attitudes toward buildings. Architecture Transformed is the rare largeformat book: the elegance of its design is matched by the significance of its text.'
-- Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review
'A large, gorgeous book, the kind to page through again and again.'
-- Boston Globe
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
193
Dimensions
Height: 315 mm
Width: 285 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
1362 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-68064-6 (9780262680646)
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