The art of brutalism : rescuing hope from catastrophe in 1950s Britain / Ben Highmore.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Physical Description:
297 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: brutalism: style, substance, sensibility -- Parallel of life and art: brutalism's locus classicus -- Building on ruins: East End ethnography and vernacular urbanism -- Acid etched walls: Hammer Prints and domestic brutalism -- Brutalist bodies and cybernetic time -- Domestic anxiety and ideal homes: brutalism at the Ideal Home Exhibition -- Epilogue: the aftermath of brutalism.
Subject Terms:
Art, British -- 20th century. | Brutalism (Architecture) -- Great Britain. | Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Architecture and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Architecture and society. | Art and society. | Art, British. | Brutalism (Architecture) | Great Britain.