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The 1939 New York World's Fair marked a turning point in architecture between Art Deco and modern architecture. The theme of the Fair was the World of Tomorrow , and its symbols were the purely geometric trylon and periphery sculpture.
Watkin, David (Sep 2005), A History of Western Architecture, Hali Publications Modernism Banham, Reyner, (1 Dec 1980) Theory and Design in the First Machine Age Architectural Press. Curtis, William J. R. (1987), Modern Architecture Since 1900, Phaidon Press Frampton, Kenneth (1992). Modern Architecture, a critical history. Thames & Hudson ...
Club Moderne, Anaconda, Montana.Designed by Fred F. Willson, 1937. 1430 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on a c. 1940 postcard.. Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as Style Moderne or simply Moderne, Jazz Age, Moderne, [1] Jazz Modern or Jazz style, describes certain styles of architecture popular from 1925 through the 1940s.
Prominent throughout Europe and the United States in the early 20th century, the modernist movement was a time of both aesthetic and structural advancement
Leopoldo C. Artucio (1903–1976), modern architecture in Uruguay; Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architectural history; John Summerson (1904–1992), author of The Classical Language of Architecture and Architecture in Britain: 1530–1830; Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980), Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture
Degenerate art was a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany for virtually all modern art. [141] Such art was banned because it was un-German or Jewish Bolshevist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were subjected to sanctions. These included being dismissed from teaching positions, being forbidden to exhibit or to sell ...
For example, his work was more frequently published in Gustav Stickley's "Craftsman" magazine than any other Western architect, including the Greene & Greene firm. Gill's reputation did quickly fade after his death, and it languished until he was included in the 1960 book Five California Architects by Esther McCoy and Randell L. Makinson.
Nonprofit organization Sacramento Modern worked for years to get the historic district designation. Sac Mod was founded in 2010 to preserve modern art, architecture and design in the Sacramento ...