Interwar (eBook)
797 Seiten
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978-1-80081-741-8 (ISBN)
Lese- und Medienproben
A magnificent monument in itself to a fine architectural writer
Extraordinary
Informative and engaging about all kinds of English things, from royal tombs to London buses ... Stamp always tell[s] you something new, which is a wonderful thing
Excellent ... Gavin Stamp attempts to reclaim the half-timbered semi of the Twenties and Thirties for the British cultural imagination
Meticulous ... a fascinating new survey of the era
A masterful revision of the history of interwar architecture, no longer as a barren seedbed of modernism but as an era of stylistic diversity, invention and delight
Much, much more than architectural history, for here, encapsulated in marmoreally angry prose, is an account of that collective act of mass murder, without parallel in history, known as the Great War. An unforgettable, passionate book
Definitive ... both vital and clear, a book steeped in technical detail, full of meticulous attention, yet accessible and without prejudice - never dry and certainly not florid ... Stamp wrote definitive books on grand and humble subjects
It is a puzzle to me that Stamp is not better known. He is eloquent, funny and eccentric. He is as familiar with the streets of our cities as a taxi driver with The Knowledge, and brilliant at connecting sublime ideas with the ordinary aspects of our daily lives
Love it or hate it, [interwar Britain] was a period full of personality: a changing society recovering from war and the Depression, hungry for a different future. There is fascination in their built footprints
Majestic ... [an] excitable, illuminating and sure to be enduring work
This posthumous volume is the masterpiece [Stamp] did not publish in his lifetime. It puts his memory on a new plane
Acute, erudite, elegant
Stamp was a superb writer with an unmatchable knowledge of the period concerned... Interwar is most definitely a proper book, and a wonderful memorial to a great writer.
A rebuttal of the modernist-centric view of interwar British architecture. It was much more diverse than people think, [Stamp] argues, and studying the lesser-known movements is key to understanding the period
Stamp was a superb writer with an untouchable knowledge of the period ... a wonderful memorial to a great writer
Extraordinary ... a most brilliant, authoritative and engaging guide ... Stamp's ability to present clearly for a general audience was as unusual as it is remarkable
Extraordinary ... a magnificent tour d'horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects
His greatest work ... When so much of our built environment is unlovely, Stamp shows why it is worth looking again, and harder
A wonderful celebration of the best in English design, and a stylish invective against the worst.
Elegant, erudite and entertaining ... rich ... offers a superbly detailed picture of an architectural era chiefly defined by its multiplicity of styles
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.3.2024 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
Schlagworte | 1930s Britain • 20th century architecture • Architectural History • architecture books • Britain in 1920s • British history • Gavin Stamp • interwar Britain • modernist books • modernist buildings • Social Realism |
ISBN-10 | 1-80081-741-X / 180081741X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-80081-741-8 / 9781800817418 |
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