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The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture
Charles Jencks
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Paperback. In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ8; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 866.
In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes.
In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes.
- The book is highly visual. As well as providing a chronological account of the movement, each chapter also has a special feature on the major works of a given period.
- The first up-to-date narrative of ... Read more
- An accessible narrative that will appeal to students who are new to the subject, as well as those who can remember its heyday in the 70s and 80s.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
874 g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470688953
SKU
V9780470688953
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About Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks is an American architectural theorist, author and landscape architect. He has written widely on Post-Modern and Modern architecture. His bestselling book The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977) popularised Post-Modernism in architecture and made him the leading author on the subject in the 1970s and 1980s. With his late wife Maggie Keswick he is the founder of the Maggie ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture
"The Power of the book lies not so much in the sharpness of the author's criticism of the present as in the generosity and perceptiveness of his anticipation of the future." (Architectural Review, Nov 2011) "Charles Jencks's summary of the post-modern architectural movement promises clarity and straightforwardness. There is a little of each but not too much." (Country ... Read more