Henry Steele Commager: Midcentury Liberalism and the History of the Present, Neil Jumonville

Автор: Millett Larry
Название: Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury
ISBN: 0816683298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816683291
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities are nothing short of a living museum of midcentury modernism, the new style of architecture that swept through much of America from 1945 to the mid-1960s. Renowned Minnesota architecture critic and historian Larry Millett conducts an eye-opening, spectacularly illustrated tour of this rich and varied landscape.

A history lesson as entertaining as it is enlightening, Minnesota Modern provides a close-up view of a style that penetrated the social, political, and cultural machinery of the times. Extending from modest suburban ramblers and ranch houses to the grandest public and commercial structures, midcentury modernism expressed new ways of thinking about how to live, work, and play in communities that sprang up as thousands of military members returned from World War II. Millett describes the style's sources in the work of European masters like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, as well as the midwestern innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright, and its refinement at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Ralph Rapson and other modernists. He shows us its applications in twelve midcentury homes in Minnesota and takes us through its many permutations in sites as different as Barry Byrne's St. Columba Catholic Church in St. Paul and Eero Saarinen's sprawling IBM complex in Rochester. This is Minnesota modern at its historic best, a firsthand, in-depth history of a singularly American sensibility and aesthetic writ large on the midwestern region.

Автор: Carolyn A. Bercier, Elise Grenier
Название: The Frescoes of Conrad Albrizio: Public Murals in the Midcentury South
ISBN: 0807171026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807171028
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Описание: The artist Conrad Albrizio, a New York City native who studied internationally, made his home in New Orleans for half a century. To the people of Louisiana and Alabama, he bestowed the lasting gift of large-scale public frescoes. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Carolyn Bercier analyses Albrizio`s frescoes against the backdrop of his life.

Автор: Gabrielle Esperdy
Название: American Autopia: An Intellectual History of the American Roadside at Midcentury
ISBN: 0813942950 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813942957
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Описание: Early to mid-twentieth-century America was the heyday of a car culture that has been called an ""automobile utopia"". In American Autopia, Gabrielle Esperdy examines how the automobile influenced architectural and urban discourse in the United States from the earliest days of the auto industry to the aftermath of the 1970s oil crisis.

Автор: Robinson Greg
Название: After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics
ISBN: 0520271580 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520271586
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Illuminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide.