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Irony; or, the Self-Critical Opacity of Postmodern Architecture

Irony; or, the Self-Critical Opacity of Postmodern Architecture( )
Author: Petit, Emmanuel J.
ISBN:978-0-300-18151-7
Publication Date:Apr 2013
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $70.00
Book Description:

In this fascinating reassessment of postmodern architecture at the end of the 20th century, Emmanuel Petit addresses the role of irony and finds a vitality and depth of dialectics largely ignored by historical critiques. A look at five individual architects--Peter Eisenman (b. 1932), Arata Isozaki (b. 1931), Rem Koolhaas (b. 1944), Stanley Tigerman (b. 1930), and Robert Venturi (b. 1925)--reveals the beginning of a phenomenology of irony in architecture. As Petit...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Humor
Architecture / History / Contemporary (1945-)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.62 x 0.94 x 0.113 Inches
Book Weight:1.69 Pounds



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