American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture by Alice T Friedman - 2010-06-29

New Haven and London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0300116543 . Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's full orange cloth, silver lettering on spine and cover, orange endpapers, printed entirely on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with 125 B&W and 40 color photographs. The sleek lines and gleaming facades of the architecture of the late 1940s and 1950s reflect a culture fascinated by the promise of the Jet Age. Buildings like Saarinen s TWA Terminal at JFK Airport and Philip Johnson's Four Seasons Restaurant retain a thrilling allure, seeming to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this work, distinguished architectural historian Alice Friedman draws on a vast range of sources to argue that the aesthetics of mid-century modern architecture reflect an increasing fascination with glamour, a term widely used in those years to characterize objects, people, and experiences as luxurious,… Read More

Yale Univ Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 11.30x8.80x1.10 inches.