Sitte, Hegemann and the Metropolis
Modern Civic Art and International Exchanges
Price: $53.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-42407-3
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30th September 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 336
About the Book
These essays, from leading names in the field, weave together the parallels and differences between the past and present of civic art. Offering prospects for the first decades of the 21st century, the authors open up a broad international dialogue on civic art, which relates historical practice to the contemporary meaning of civic art and its application to community building within today’s multi-cultural modern cities.
The volume brings together the rich perspectives on the thought, practice and influence of leading figures from the great era of civic art that began in the nineteenth century and blossomed in the early twentieth century as documented in the works of Werner Hegemann and his contemporaries and considered fundamental to contemporary practice.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Civic Art Then and Now Part 1: Camillo Sitte and the Picturesque: Precedents and Perspectives Part 2: International Exchanges Camillo Sitte Part 3: The Metropolitan Context
About the Author(s)
Charles C. Bohl is Research Associate Professor and Director of the Knight Program in Community Building at the University of Miami's School of Architecture.
Jean-François Lejeune is an architect and Professor of Architecture and Urban History at the University of Miami.