书目

A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Los Angeles

内容简介

AcomprehensiveoverviewofSouthernCaliforniasmostexperimentalarchitecture,showcasingthehighlyexpressiveworkoffamedarchitectssuchasFrankGehryandThomMayne,aswellasthebestofthenewguard.Thisisthefirstcriticalexaminationandhistoryofwhatwasfirstidentifiedasthe"L.A.School"inthe1990s,whichhasinfluencedmuchofAmericanarchitectureinthelasttwenty-fiveyears.ThisexpansivenewbookexaminescontemporarySouthernCaliforniaarchitecturefrom1987tothepresent,exploringitsexperimentalnature,sculpturaltendency,andexcitingevolution.ThisvolumecomplementsamajorexhibitionattheMuseumofContemporaryArt,LosAngeles,andispartoftheGettyResearchInstituteexhibitioninitiative"LosAngelesArchitecture,19401990."Contributionsbyleadingarchitecturalhistorianscoupledwithastunningcollectionofimagespresentrecentworksintermsofsculpturalismandurbanism,andconsidertheimpactofthehistoryandenvironmentofLosAngeles,aswellasthecreativeandworkingprocesses.

作者简介

ChristopherMountisafreelancecuratorandprofessorofdesignhistoryandtheoryatCaliforniaInstituteofArtsaswellastheOtisCollegeofArtandDesign.JeffreyDeitchisthedirectoroftheMuseumofContemporaryArt,LosAngeles.

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