Architecture of Great Expositions Reckoning with Global War 1937-1958 |
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Author:
| Devos, Rika Ortenberg, Alexander Paperny, Vladimir |
Series edited by:
| Canniffe, Eamonn |
Series title: | Ashgate Studies in Architecture Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4724-3461-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $104.95 |
Book Description:
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This book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at six major European international and national expositions that took place between 1937 and '59. The volume gives a fascinating account of architecture assuming the role of the carrier of war-related messages, some of them camouflaged while others quite frank. The book provides a novel assessment of modern architecture's involvement with national representation it also argues that this...
More DescriptionThis book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at six major European international and national expositions that took place between 1937 and '59. The volume gives a fascinating account of architecture assuming the role of the carrier of war-related messages, some of them camouflaged while others quite frank. The book provides a novel assessment of modern architecture's involvement with national representation it also argues that this widespread confidence in architecture's ability to act as a propaganda tool was one of the reasons why Modernist architecture lent itself to the service of such different masters.