Ornamente Der Fassade: In Der Europäischen Architektur Seit Den 1990er Jahren

By: Caspary, Uta

"Alternately celebrated and condemned, both linked to history and future-oriented, ornament is a significant and often underestimated item of the architectural vocabulary. This book presents the unfolding of the ornament debate since the nineteenth century, from a historico-cultural point of view, and uses it as the basis for a comprehensive presentation and analysis of contemporary ornament theory and practice. A range of examples shows not only the wide spectrum of ornamental forms-from regional traditions and examples from the fine arts, via the wealth of forms in nature, to the moving lighting ornamentation of modern digital fa?cades-but also their communicative aspect and aesthetic appeal. Therefore this contribution to the ornament debate in the twenty-first century is a pioneering combination of the history of architecture, art and culture"--Publisher's summary, English website.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3868592334
• ISBN13: 9783868592337
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Jovis Verlag
• Length: 336 Pages