Explains what revivalism, rationalism, eclecticism, and functionalism meant to those who practiced them, explores the influence of the other arts and sciences on architectual theory, and analyzes notions that are commonly used in discussions about modern architecture. Infused with a deep sympathy for the 19th century, this text suggests that many 19th century ideas can be of re...(展开全部)

Explains what revivalism, rationalism, eclecticism, and functionalism meant to those who practiced them, explores the influence of the other arts and sciences on architectual theory, and analyzes notions that are commonly used in discussions about modern architecture. Infused with a deep sympathy for the 19th century, this text suggests that many 19th century ideas can be of re...(展开全部)

This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as, Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the e...(展开全部)

This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Bergdolls offers a penetrating analysis of the very ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most vitally experimental of art forms in a period of sweeping political, soci...(展开全部)

丁丁在《蓝莲花》当中的冒险经历以及波德莱尔所描述的《人造天堂》让西方人陷入遐想，在他们的想象当中，鸦片与中国文化有着难以割断的联系，而中国人则把鸦片看作是“外来”的毒品，是帝国主义侵略中国的象征，在19世纪里，中国连续遭受两次鸦片战争的侵害。 1750年，英国不法商贩将印度鸦片大量走私到中国，1950年，毛泽东创建的新中国彻底铲除了鸦片，在这两百年间，鸦片给中国打下深深的烙印…… 这部扣人心弦的出色论著颠覆了许多被人广为采纳的想法，作者向我们详细地描述了鸦片渗透到中国社会的种种原因……

丁丁在《蓝莲花》当中的冒险经历以及波德莱尔所描述的《人造天堂》让西方人陷入遐想，在他们的想象当中，鸦片与中国文化有着难以割断的联系，而中国人则把鸦片看作是“外来”的毒品，是帝国主义侵略中国的象征，在19世纪里，中国连续遭受两次鸦片战争的侵害。 1750年，英国不法商贩将印度鸦片大量走私到中国，1950年，毛泽东创建的新中国彻底铲除了鸦片，在这两百年间，鸦片给中国打下深深的烙印…… 这部扣人心弦的出色论著颠覆了许多被人广为采纳的想法，作者向我们详细地描述了鸦片渗透到中国社会的种种原因……