Modern Architecture Expressionism by Sharp Dennis (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.95.

hardcover. Condition: Good. George Braziller Hardcover with jacket. Tears to upper and lower front and back cover of an inch or less, plus sunning. Old pricing in pencil on front fly leaf, otherwise clean text block. Tight binding. Stated First American Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. Price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Stated first American edition. No markings. Price $15.00 present on jacket flap, but crossed off. Closed tear to jacket rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First American edition stated. A near fine copy in a good DJ with tears and chips along the edges, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #C3.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND EXPRESSIONISM. By Dennis Sharp. First American Edition, NY: George Braziller, 1966. Small square 4to size book, black clth binding fine, the DJ reasonably fine with just a touch of wear. 204-pages of text fine, lots of illustration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. xiii + 204 pages, illustrated, appendices, chronology, bibliography, index, edge wear and tear to price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, xiii, 204 pages, illustrations, plans, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: THE ROOTS AND BACKGROUND OF EXPRESSIONISM. The Dionysian element: A period of conflict and vision. ARCHITECTURE AND EXPRESSIONISM. The basis of Expressionist architecture: Peter Behrens and the individualists: Hans Poelzig and Formenrausch. VISION, FANTASY AND UTOPIA. Postwar Expressionist architecture in Germany: Bruno Taut and Glasarchitektur: Hermann Finsterlin and Formspiel: Erich Mendelsohn and the architecture of dynamism: Amsterdam and the Phantasts: Rudolf Steiner and the way to a new style in architecture: Conclusion: the aesthetics of Expressionist architecture. APPENDICES. Appendix 1: Hans Poelzig, lecture held on the occasion of the revival of the Werkbund 1919: Appendix 2: Erich Mendelsohn, extracts from writings: Appendix 3: Hermann Finsterlin, extract from The eighth day. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Superb, nice-looking, sturdily bound copy of a stated First American Edition of this influential work of art and social history. Publisher's original black cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Waffling to bottom corner of text-block, not due to damp-staining, not intruding on text. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond a single short, closed tear to front panel, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 159 illustrations and helpful appendices including extracts from the writings of Mendelsohn, Finsterlin and Poelzig, among others. Useful chronology of buildings and events, 1900-1930. xiii [2], 2-204 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback book (204 pages) illustrated with black and white photographs/drawings. First American edition. Dust jacket has light rubbing/scuffing with several small nicks/tears at top edge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-10-TS-Down-L) rareviewbooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 9" x 7". 204 pages; many b/w photo photo illus, (photos, drawings, and plans); chronology; bibliography; index. Black cloth, silver spine title, Fine, in Near Fine (price-clipped) illustrated dustjacket. Sharp p.148; Spalek 848; Lucas p.52; Ehresmann Architecture 902: "Important reevaluation.;" Kempton Art Nouveau 229: "Definitive monograph on Expressionist architecture which discusses its Art Nouveau origins, notably in Van de Velde and Behrens.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. The format is approximately 8 inches by 9.5 inches. xiii, [3[, 204, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes on the text. Appendices. Chronology of Buildings and Events. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket has wear, tears and soiling. Fep roughly removed. Includes sections on The roots and background of Expressionism; Architecture and Expressionism, and Vision, Fantasy and Utopia. Dennis Sharp (30 November 1933 6 May 2010) was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor. His obituary in The Guardian stated that he 'was well-known as an architectural historian, teacher and active defender of the environment'. He had considerable success as a working architect. In 1963, he was appointed senior research architect, Civic Trust for the North West, Manchester. He was Lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Manchester (19641968). He was appointed Head of History studies at the AA school in 1968. He was AA General Editor and founder Editor of AA Quarterly (19681982), and member an AA Vice-president. In 1988, he became editor of the journal World Architecture: Journal of the International Academy of Architecture of the IAA International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Sharp was the author and editor of several books, including Modern Architecture and Expressionism", "The Picture Place", "The Bauhaus", Phaidon, "Twentieth Century Architecture. A Visual History" and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture as well as surveys of the work of Calatrava, Manfredi Nicoletti, and Kurokawa. Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany. Brick Expressionism is a special variant of this movement in western and northern Germany, as well as in the Netherlands (where it is known as the Amsterdam School). The term "Expressionist architecture" initially described the activity of the German, Dutch, Austrian, Czech and Danish avant garde from 1910 until 1930. Subsequent redefinitions extended the term backwards to 1905 and also widened it to encompass the rest of Europe. Today the meaning has broadened even further to refer to architecture of any date or location that exhibits some of the qualities of the original movement such as; distortion, fragmentation or the communication of violent or overstressed emotion. The style was characterized by an early-modernist adoption of novel materials, formal innovation, and very unusual massing, sometimes inspired by natural biomorphic forms, sometimes by the new technical possibilities offered by the mass production of brick, steel and especially glass. Many expressionist architects fought in World War I and their experiences, combined with the political turmoil and social upheaval that followed the German Revolution of 1919, resulted in a utopian outlook and a romantic socialist agenda. Economic conditions severely limited the number of built commissions between 1914 and the mid-1920s, resulting in many of the most important expressionist works remaining as projects on paper, such as Bruno Taut's Alpine Architecture and Hermann Finsterlin's Formspiels. Ephemeral exhibition buildings were numerous and highly significant during this period. Scenography for theatre and films provided another outlet for the expressionist imagination, and provided supplemental incomes for designers attempting to challenge conventions in a harsh economicate. Important events in Expressionist architecture include; the Werkbund Exhibition (1914) in Cologne, the completion and theatrical running of the Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1919, the Glass Chain letters, and the activities of the Amsterdam School. The major permanent extant landmark of Expressionism is Erich Mendelsohn's Einstein Tower in Potsdam. By 1925, most of the leading architects such as Bruno Taut, Erich Mendelsohn, Walter Gr.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. The format is approximately 8 inches by 9.5 inches. xiii, [3[, 204, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes on the text. Appendices. Chronology of Buildings and Events. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket has slight wear and soiling. The price on the DJ flap is inked over. Includes sections on The roots and background of Expressionism; Architecture and Expressionism, and Vision, Fantasy and Utopia. Dennis Sharp (30 November 1933 6 May 2010) was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor. His obituary in The Guardian stated that he 'was well-known as an architectural historian, teacher and active defender of the environment'. He had considerable success as a working architect. In 1963, he was appointed senior research architect, Civic Trust for the North West, Manchester. He was Lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Manchester (19641968). He was appointed Head of History studies at the AA school in 1968. He was AA General Editor and founder Editor of AA Quarterly (19681982), and member an AA Vice-president. In 1988, he became editor of the journal World Architecture: Journal of the International Academy of Architecture of the IAA International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Sharp was the author and editor of several books, including Modern Architecture and Expressionism", "The Picture Place", "The Bauhaus", Phaidon, "Twentieth Century Architecture. A Visual History" and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture as well as surveys of the work of Calatrava, Manfredi Nicoletti, and Kurokawa. Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany. Brick Expressionism is a special variant of this movement in western and northern Germany, as well as in the Netherlands (where it is known as the Amsterdam School). The term "Expressionist architecture" initially described the activity of the German, Dutch, Austrian, Czech and Danish avant garde from 1910 until 1930. Subsequent redefinitions extended the term backwards to 1905 and also widened it to encompass the rest of Europe. Today the meaning has broadened even further to refer to architecture of any date or location that exhibits some of the qualities of the original movement such as; distortion, fragmentation or the communication of violent or overstressed emotion. The style was characterized by an early-modernist adoption of novel materials, formal innovation, and very unusual massing, sometimes inspired by natural biomorphic forms, sometimes by the new technical possibilities offered by the mass production of brick, steel and especially glass. Many expressionist architects fought in World War I and their experiences, combined with the political turmoil and social upheaval that followed the German Revolution of 1919, resulted in a utopian outlook and a romantic socialist agenda. Economic conditions severely limited the number of built commissions between 1914 and the mid-1920s, resulting in many of the most important expressionist works remaining as projects on paper, such as Bruno Taut's Alpine Architecture and Hermann Finsterlin's Formspiels. Ephemeral exhibition buildings were numerous and highly significant during this period. Scenography for theatre and films provided another outlet for the expressionist imagination, and provided supplemental incomes for designers attempting to challenge conventions in a harsh economicate. Important events in Expressionist architecture include; the Werkbund Exhibition (1914) in Cologne, the completion and theatrical running of the Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1919, the Glass Chain letters, and the activities of the Amsterdam School. The major permanent extant landmark of Expressionism is Erich Mendelsohn's Einstein Tower in Potsdam. By 1925, most of the leading architects such as Bruno Taut, Erich Me.

In Englisch. XIII, 204 S., mit zahlr. Abb., OLn. m. OUmschlag, gut erhalten.

24, 5 : 20,5 cm. 204 pages with many b/w illustrations. Original cloth with dust-jacket. Frist American edition.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1], 204. many b/w illus. biblio. index. cloth (publisher's slip mounted on front endpaper). dw. First Edition.

XIII,204 S., Reg. Ln.mS.