Can I read Concrete Poetry : Post-war Modernist Public Art on EtoBox?

Concrete Poetry : Post-war Modernist Public Art by Phipps, Simon is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Concrete Poetry : Post-war Modernist Public Art about?

A visual journey through the public sculpture, art and architecture of Modernist Britain from Simon Phipps, author of Brutal North and Brutal London At the end of the Second World War, Britain's cities and communities desperately needed rebuilding. As new houses and public spaces were planned, communal engagement was considered to be vital to social recovery. Public art was thought to provide the means to create this engagement. This era of post-war progressive civic planning gave rise to some of the UK's most important pieces of public art. From Richard Serra's Fulcrum in London's Broadgate to Barbara Hepworth's works across the country, to the less well-known Cumisky mural in Skelmersdale and the vivid Schottlander shapes in Warwick, these works of art have become familiar companions; backdrops to British lives. There is an urgency to catalogue these works as much of Britain's Modernist public art is at risk - not to mention that which has already been removed, vandalised or left to crumble. In Concrete Poetry, Simon Phipps photographs, explores and celebrates Britain's post-war public art, placing it in context and considering its future. Complete with incredible photography, an

Who reads Concrete Poetry : Post-war Modernist Public Art?

Author

Phipps, Simon

Publisher

September Publishing

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781910463130

Category

nonfiction