Reconstruction and the Synthesis of the Arts in France, 19441962

Edited version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013) under the title: Spectacles plastiques: reconstruction and the debates on the 'synthesis of the arts' in France, 1944-1962.

Info autore

Nicola Pezolet received a PhD from the History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture programme at MIT in 2013. He is currently Professor in the Art History Department at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Riassunto

In 1944 Le Corbusier predicted the coming of a redemptive synthesis of the arts. This book is a scholarly introduction in English to overlooked debates on modernism, abstraction and the synthesis of the arts in mid-twentieth century France.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: PEZOLET, Nicola (Concordia University Pezolet, Nicola Pezolet
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.10.2017
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura
• EAN: 9781138686878
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68687-8
• Numero di pagine: 242
• Serie: Ashgate Studies in Architecture; Ashgate Studies in Architecture
• Categorie: The arts: general issues, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ARCHITECTURE / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, History and Archaeology, Civil engineering, surveying and building, The arts: general topics