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The story of post-modernism : five decades of the ironic, iconic and critical in architecture / Charles Jencks.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2011Description: 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780470688953 (pbk.)
  • 0470688955 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 724.6 JEN 22
Contents:
Post-modernism resurgent? -- The perfect storm of post-modernism -- Searching for difference, finding commonality -- Towards a critical modernism -- Complexity and nature's ornament -- The coming of the cosmic icons.
Summary: In The story of post-modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on post-modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of post-modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Post-modernism resurgent? --
The perfect storm of post-modernism --
Searching for difference, finding commonality --
Towards a critical modernism --
Complexity and nature's ornament --
The coming of the cosmic icons.

In The story of post-modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on post-modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of post-modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes.

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