Laughing at architecture : architectural histories of humour, satire and wit /: architectural histories of humour, satire and wit. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Laughing at architecture : architectural histories of humour, satire and wit /: architectural histories of humour, satire and wit. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Laughing at architecture : architectural histories of humour, satire and wit
- 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.
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