Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism
Aalto, Alvar (Architect); Reed, Peter (Editor)
ISBN 10: 087070107X ISBN 13: 9780870701078
Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998
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319 pp. 4t. Dust jacket has a small tear to upper right corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Seller Inventory # 31618
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Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging future. This sumptuous book offers a thorough study of an innovative and prolific master, whom Frank Lloyd Wright termed a genius. Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition that opens at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 19, 1998, this fresh, penetrating examination of Aalto's work and influence includes essays by five notable critics and historians. Some 50 of Aalto's projects -- houses, town halls, cultural institutions, factories, furniture and glass designs, and regional plans -- from all periods of his extraordinarily productive career are illustrated and described, using much previously unpublished and newly photographed material.
Synopsis: Of the great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto is in many ways the most humane, and the most relevant to both contemporary sensibility and the future. This is a comprehensive study of an innovative, prolific master, whom Frank Lloyd Wright called a genius. Fifty of Aalto's projects - houses, town halls, cultural institutions, factories, furniture and glass designs and regional plans - are illustrated and described here, using previously unpublished and newly photographed material. Accompanying a centennial retrospective exhibition, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in February 1998, the book offers an examination of the architect's work and influence in essays by five notable critics and historians. Essayists include Kenneth Frampton, Pekka Korvenmaa, Juhani Pallasmaa, Peter Reed and Marc Treib.
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Title: Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Aalto, Alvar
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
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Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism
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U.S.A.: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 087070107X
ISBN 13: 9780870701078
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Over-sized hardback book with dust jacket titled ALVAR AALTO: Between Humanism and Materialism. Edited by Peter Reed. With essays by various writers. Published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1998. With 528 illustrations of which 126 are in color. Book weighs over 4lbs and additional charges required for international shipping. Light rubbing to dust jacket - remainder mark bottom of book otherwise in very good condition. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-13-top-L) rareviewbooks Language: eng. Seller Inventory # RVB11161506
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