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Sibyl Moholy-Nagy - Architecture, Modernism and its Discontents

English · Hardback

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A major voice in the architectural culture of the fifties and sixties, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy was uniquely engaged with modernism and modernity. As the wife and collaborator of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, she was expected to provide him with the material that was crucial for his modernist mission, whilst trying to carve out her own subjectivity as a writer. As an architectural critic she was one of the early voices articulating doubts about the path modernist architecture was taking, demystifying the myths of the masters, Mies, Le Corbusier and Gropius, and questioning their heroic, masculinist approach.This book analyzes the significance of the life and work of Moholy-Nagy and explores the paradoxical aspects of the relationship between modernism and feminism. Published as part of the series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked figures in modernism, it is both an examination of her work and legacy, and also a study on the roles of gender and of the changing nature of modernism in its trajectory from Europe to America.Drawing on personal papers, diaries, letters and lecture notes, as well as personal interviews with relatives, colleagues and students, this study brings to light the significance of the life and work of a remarkable woman.

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Authors Hilde Heynen
Assisted by Tom Avermaete (Editor), Janina Gosseye (Editor)
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.07.2019
 
EAN 9781350094116
ISBN 978-1-350-09411-6
No. of pages 288
Series Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
Bloomsbury Studies in Modern A
Bloomsbury Studies in Modern A
Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

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