Laughing at architecture : architectural histories of humour, satire and wit /: architectural histories of humour, satire and wit. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Michela Rosso.
• Editors: Rosso, Michela
• Contents: List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction, Michela Rosso 1. Laughing at the Baroque: A Drawing and Some Texts Compared, Susanna Pasquali 2. From Reportage to Ridicule: Satirizing the Building Industry in the Eighteenth-century Irish Press, Conor Lucey 3. The Thorn of Scorn: John Nash and his All Souls Church for a Transformed Regency London, Daniela Roberts 4. 'A Joke that has Gone on Far too Long': Mocking the Completion of the New Ho tel des Postes de Paris (1886–1888), Guy Lambert 5. Deconstructing GaudiÅL: Intertwined Relationships between Satire and Architectural Criticism, Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes6. Confronting Problems with a Sense of Humour: Adolf Loos's Architectural Polemics and Viennese Journalism, Ruth Hanisch7. Words and Images of Contempt: Il Selvaggio on Architecture (1926–1942), Michela Rosso 8. Osbert Lancaster: Architectural Humour in the Time of Functionalism, Alan Powers9. Irrational Interiors: The Modern Domestic Landscape Seen in Caricatures, Gabriele Neri 10. From 'Little Russia' (Klein Rusland) to 'Planet of the Apes' (De Apenplaneet): Nicknaming Twentieth-century Mass Housing in Belgium, Evert Vandeweghe11. Saul Steinberg's Graph Paper Architecture: Humorous Drawings and Diagrams as Instruments of Critique, Christoph Lueder12. The Modern City Through the Mirror of Humour: A Different Portrait, Olivier Ratouis13. Splendid?! Preposterous! Chinese Artists Mock the Architectural Spectacle, Angela Becher Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 720.2; Architecture; Architecture -- Humor; Architecture -- Caricatures and cartoons; ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments; ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice; ARCHITECTURE / Reference; Cultural studies; Theory of architecture; Humour; Architecture -- History -- General; Architecture -- General; Architecture -- Criticism; History of architecture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350022768; 1350022764
• Related ISBNs: 9781350022782; 1350022780; 9781350022751
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2018).
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