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OverviewA celebration of renowned sculptor and educator Kent Bloomer’s work, examining the role of ornament in contemporary architecture and society Best known for New York’s Central Park luminaires (1982), the ornamentation at Rice University’s Baker Hall in Houston (1997), and his work on Yale University’s Bass Library entrance pavilion and Sterling Memorial Library stairwell entrance (2007), the sculptor Kent Bloomer (b. 1935) has not only influenced the discussion around ornament in contemporary architectural practice, but has inspired developments in a range of disciplines that include history, music, art, philosophy, and biology. With a retrospective look at Bloomer’s work as a point of departure, scholars from a variety of different fields explore his contributions to the history of ornament as both a social and an artistic phenomenon. Through the lens of Bloomer’s groundbreaking oeuvre, this volume reorients the discourse of ornament from a contentious vestige of modernity toward its active relationship to architecture, landscape, urbanism, and a sense of place. Distributed for the Yale School of Architecture Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sunil Bald , Gary Huafan He , Thomas Beeby , Kent BloomerPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780300254716ISBN 10: 0300254717 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 27 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSunil Bald is associate dean and professor adjunct at the Yale School of Architecture. Gary Huafan He is a researcher (tenure-track) at Zhejiang University School of Art and Archaeology in Hangzhou, China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |