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Architectural Ornament
Banishment and Return
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by R. C. Brolin
W. W. Norton and Co.
Due/Published
March 2000, 352 pages,
paper
ISBN
0393730468
Embellishment is a basic human desire. Why was it banished from modernarchitecture? Architectural Ornament reveals the fascinating interplay of art, society, politics, and commerce from antiquity through modernism and explains ornament's near demise and recent revival. It is a stunningly documented argument against artistic chauvinism and a lively survey of modern architecture. |
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