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03106aam a2200421 i 4500 001 9059A55CE05511E1B4DE4CCF6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120807010223 008 120126s2012 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012002910 020 $a 0300175337 (hardback) 020 $a 9780300175332 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)759174517 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d YBM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a NA645.5.M63 $b P39 2012 082 00 $a 724/.6 $2 23 084 $a DES008000 $a ARC001000 $a DES003000 $a DES008000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Payne, Alina Alexandra. 245 1 $a From ornament to object : $b genealogies of architectural modernism / $c Alina Payne. 260 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c ©2012. 300 $a ix, 334 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 26 cm 505 0 $a Semper's heritage -- The ubiquity of objects -- Art historians, objects, and empathy -- The architect's world between culture and style -- The fork in the road: Muthesius and Loos -- The aftermath: Bauhaus endgame and Le Corbusier's poetics of portability -- Conclusion: sculpture and scale. 520 $a "In the late 19th century, a centuries-old preference for highly ornamented architecture gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the same moment, everyday objects--cups, saucers, chairs, and tables--began to receive critical attention.Alina Payne addresses this shift, arguing for a new understanding of the genealogy of architectural modernism: rather than the well-known story in which an absorption of technology and mass production created a radical aesthetic that broke decisively with the past, Payne argues for a more gradual shift, as the eloquence of architectural ornamentation was taken on by objects of daily use. As she demonstrates, the work of Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier should be seen as the culmination of a conversation about ornament dating as far back as the Renaissance. Payne looks beyond the usual suspects of philosophy and science to establish theoretical catalysts for the shift from ornament to object in the varied fields of anthropology and ethnology; art history and the museum; and archaeology and psychology"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Architecture, Modern $y 19th century $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Architecture, Modern $y 20th century $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Decorative arts $x Themes, motives. $y 19th century $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Decorative arts $x Themes, motives. $y 20th century $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Modernism (Aesthetics) 650 7 $a ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ARCHITECTURE / Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a DESIGN / Decorative Arts. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a DESIGN / History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200402013130.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150509025522.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9059A55CE05511E1B4DE4CCF6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search