.png){kind=logo}
22%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
On Loos, Ornament and Crime - Columns of Smoke
Juan Jose Lahuerta
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for On Loos, Ornament and Crime - Columns of Smoke
Paperback. ES Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
In his Columns of Smoke series, Juan Jose Lahuerta takes on the enormously ambitious task of re-reading modernity, offering us fresh ways of looking at it while drawing new links between the ideas of architecture and ornamentation, with a special focus on how they have been treated in print. While the first volume of Columns of Smoke considered epoch-making architect Adolf Loos's relationship with photography, here Lahuerta turns to the Classical strand in Loos's architecture and to his written work-and specifically his engagement with architectural and artistic theory. Lahuerta pays particular attention to Loos's seminal "Ornament and Crime," the ... Read more
In his Columns of Smoke series, Juan Jose Lahuerta takes on the enormously ambitious task of re-reading modernity, offering us fresh ways of looking at it while drawing new links between the ideas of architecture and ornamentation, with a special focus on how they have been treated in print. While the first volume of Columns of Smoke considered epoch-making architect Adolf Loos's relationship with photography, here Lahuerta turns to the Classical strand in Loos's architecture and to his written work-and specifically his engagement with architectural and artistic theory. Lahuerta pays particular attention to Loos's seminal "Ornament and Crime," the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L. Spain
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN
9788493923150
SKU
V9788493923150
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Juan Jose Lahuerta
Juan Jose Lahuerta is chief curator at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia in Barcelona and professor of history of art at the Barcelona School of Architecture. Graham Thomson, who studied philosophy and literature at the University of Edinburgh, has translated poetry and prose from Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Reviews for On Loos, Ornament and Crime - Columns of Smoke