Gropius
The Man Who Built the Bauhaus
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Fiona MacCarthy | ISBN: | 9780674239906 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | May 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Fiona MacCarthy |
| ISBN: | 9780674239906 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | May 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Walter Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the vision and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age. Approaching the Bauhaus founder from all angles, she offers a poignant personal story, one that reexamines the urges that drove Euro-American modernism as a whole.
Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Walter Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the vision and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age. Approaching the Bauhaus founder from all angles, she offers a poignant personal story, one that reexamines the urges that drove Euro-American modernism as a whole.
