Sitte, Hegemann and the Metropolis - Modern Civic Art and International Exchanges

Informationen zum Autor Charles C. Bohl is an Associate Professor and Director of the Knight Program in Community Building at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Jean-François Lejeune is an architect and Professor of Architecture, Urban Design and History at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Klappentext These essays! from leading names in the field! weave together the parallels and differences between the past and present of civic art. Offering prospects for the first decades of the twenty-first century! the authors open up a broad international dialogue on civic art! which relates historical practice to the contemporary meaning of civic art and its application to community building within today's multi-cultural modern cities.The volume brings together the rich perspectives on the thought! practice and influence of leading figures from the great era of civic art that began in the nineteenth century and blossomed in the early twentieth century as documented in the works of Werner Hegemann and his contemporaries and considered fundamental to contemporary practice. Zusammenfassung These essays, from leading names in the field, weave together the parallels and differences between the past and present of civic art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Civic Art Then and Now Part 1: Camillo Sitte and the Picturesque: Precedents and Perspectives Part 2: International Exchanges Camillo Sitte Part 3: The Metropolitan Context

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• Authors: Charles (University of Miami Bohl, Charles Lejeune Bohl
• Assisted by: Charles Bohl (Editor), Charles (University of Miami Bohl (Editor), Charles C. Bohl (Editor), Bohl Charles (Editor), Jean Francois Lejeune (Editor), Jean-Francois Lejeune (Editor), Jean-François Lejeune (Editor), Jean-Francois (University of Miami Lejeune (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2008
• EAN: 9780415424073
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42407-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Regional & area planning, History of Architecture, Regional and area planning, City and town planning: architectural aspects