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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rika Devos , Alexander Ortenberg , Vladimir Paperny , Dr. Eamonn CanniffePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9781472434609ISBN 10: 1472434609 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 28 October 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Foreword, Jean-Louis Cohen; Introduction: messages of peace and images of war: modern architecture as diplomacy, Rika Devos, Alexander Ortenberg and Vladimir Paperny; L'Exposition de 1937 n'aura pas lieu: the invention of the Paris International Expo and the Soviet and German pavilions, Danilo Udovicki-Selb; 'Italians do it better': fascist Italy's new brand of nationalism in the art and architecture of the Italian pavilion, Paris 1937, Flavia Marcello; Architecture as wartime cultural diplomacy: the Japanese pavilion at Paris 1937, Akiko Takenaka; Hot and cold war in architecture of Soviet pavilions (1937-1959), Vladimir Paperny; Architecture of light and water at the Universal Exhibition of Rome of 1942, Angelo Maggi; From statecraft to stagecraft: the visual politics of Britishness at the South Bank Exhibition, Anthony Raynsford; 'Let us now invest in peace.' Architecture at Expo 58 in resonance of war, Rika Devos; Politics of the void: Franquista Spain at Expo 58, Maria Gonzalez Pendas; Between wars, between blocs: Yugoslavia at Expo 58, Vladimir Kulic; Epilogue: images of war and messages of peace: the American story, Lisa D. Schrenk; Selected bibliography; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationRika Devos is assistant professor at the BATir-AIA department, Universite libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), where she teaches post-war history of construction and architecture, theory of architecture and design studio. Trained as an engineer architect, she obtained her Ph.D in 2008 with a dissertation entitled Modern at Expo 58. Discussions on post-war representation (Ghent University). Rika Devos' research focuses on exhibition architecture and post-war architecture and construction history. In 2006, she co-edited Pour un monde plus humain. L'architecture moderne a l'Expo 58. She participates in international congresses on architecture and construction history and contributed to books and international journals such as Construction History, ICE Engineering History and Heritage, Planning Perspectives, Le Culture della Tecnica, DASH, etc. Alexander Ortenberg earned his MArch from the Moscow Institute of Architecture and his PhD from UCLA. His research interests include the history of architectural practices, the history of representation, and the history of exposition architecture. His doctoral dissertation, Drawing Practices: The Art and the Craft of Architectural Representation, focuses on the emergence of American working drawings at the turn of the 20th century. His recent publications include 'Joy in the Act of Drawing: Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts,' published in JSAH in March 2011. He currently teaches architectural history and theory and design at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Vladimir Paperny received his MA in design from the Stroganov Art Academy in Moscow, and his PhD in Cultural Studies from the Russian State University for the Humanities. His PhD thesis, Architecture in the age of Stalin. Culture Two was published in Russian (Moscow, 1996, 2006) and in English (Cambridge University Press, 2003, 2011). Since moving to the US in 1981, Dr. Paperny was visiting professor at USC, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Bristol University, UK. He also worked as Art Director (Orange Coast Magazine, The Workbook). He is currently a visiting professor at UCLA, but continues working at his design studio in Los Angeles. His articles, essays and columns (appear in such publications as Snob, Architectural Digest, Project Russia, Speech and many others. His collections of essays include Mos Angleles, Mos Angeles-2 (NLO, 2004, 2009) and Fuck Context? (TATLIN, 2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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