Can I read Modernity and the Classical Tradition : Architectural Essays, 1980-1987 on EtoBox?

Modernity and the Classical Tradition : Architectural Essays, 1980-1987 by Colquhoun, Alan, 1921- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Modernity and the Classical Tradition : Architectural Essays, 1980-1987 about?

Since the early 1960s, the rigor and conceptual clarity of Alan Colquhoun's criticism and theory have consistently stimulated debate and have served as an impetus for the pursuit of new directions in both theory and practice. This new collection of essays displays Colquhoun's concern with developing a coherent discourse for the rampant pluralism that dominates contemporary architecture. <p>In the first four essays Colquhoun carefully examines some of the concepts classicism, romanticism, historicism, and rationalism that have prevailed in architectural discourse during the past two centuries. He observes that all theories of architecture have in fact developed within the context of the changing meaning of history and continue to do so: "even today, the positions taken up by the various protagonists of the present architectural debate are based, explicitly or implicitly, on assumptions about the role of history in the formation of modern cultural values."</p> <p>Colquhoun then looks at the role of history in relation to the classical avant-garde. These three essays focus on Le Corbusier, whose work best exemplifies the tensions and contradictions of the modern movement as he attempt

Who reads Modernity and the Classical Tradition : Architectural Essays, 1980-1987?

Author

Colquhoun, Alan, 1921-

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262531016

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Architecture, History, Art

Updated

2026-03-24