Joseph Masheck
Autor(a) de Marcel Duchamp in Perspective
About the Author
Joseph Masheck, Professor of Art History at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York, was editor-in-chief of Artforum in the late 1970s. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and, in 2006-10, Centenary Fellow of Edinburgh College of Art. Previous books include Building-Art: Modern Architecture Under mostrar mais Cultural Construction (Cambridge University Press, 1993) and Marcel Duchamp in Perspective, 2nd edn (Da Capo, 2002). mostrar menos
Obras de Joseph Masheck
Mike Metz: Referrals 1 exemplar(es)
Richard Kalina 1 exemplar(es)
The 1907 Building: Observations of a Friendof the House 1 exemplar(es)
Idols: The Beginning of Abstract Form 1 exemplar(es)
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Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers (1899) — Introdução, algumas edições — 106 cópias
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Unfortunately, the author's familiarity with and understanding of Austrian history is quite limited. Thus, he does not explain to the reader that Loos' obsession with providing houses with vegetable gardens was caused by Austria experiencing hunger during the First World War and during its aftermath. He also neglects to situate Loos as one of the last builders for the rich in opposition to mass culture and mass production. Loos championed the aristocratic ideas of simplicity in opposition to crude ornaments of the masses. Loos the dandy remained a man of the 19th century who hinted at some elements of the 20th century by reconfiguring conservative ideas. While discussing Loos' architectural ideas about "crime", it would not have been too much to mention Loos' actual vile crimes.… (mais)