Le Corbusier at work : the genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts / Eduard F. Sekler, William Curtis ; with contributions by Rudolph Arnheim, Barbara Norfleet
by Sekler, Eduard Franz. Curtis, William J. R
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- ISBN 13
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Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 357 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308) and index. Contents; I: Enculturation -- Birth of a theologian: the early life of Nathaniel Taylor -- Coming of age among the Edwardians: Taylor's religious horizons -- Taylor at the reins of the ""one-hoss shay"": new haven and the Edwardian theological culture -- II: Recontextualization -- ""He can if he won't"": the new haven doctrine of original sin -- ""The comprehensive theme of revealed theology"": Taylor and the moral government of God -- ""To make himself a holy heart"": Taylor and the work of regeneration -- III: Implications -- The decline and fall of the Edwardian culture: Taylorites, Tylerites, and the disintegration of New England Calvinism -- Taylor's Edwardian legacy: New Haven and the religious culture of evangelical America. Subjects; Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Le Corbusier (1887-1965) Criticism and interpretation. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Harvard University Buildings. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Harvard University. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Harvard University Buildings. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Harvard University Buildings. Architecture, Modern 20th century Switzerland. Carpenter Center for Visual Arts. Universities Massachusetts Cambridge Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Buildings Architectural design by Corbusier, Le. Massachusetts Cambridge Universities Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Buildings Architecture by Le Corbusier. Architecture : twentieth century.
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- Title
- Le Corbusier at work : the genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts / Eduard F. Sekler, William Curtis ; with contributions by Rudolph Arnheim, Barbara Norfleet
- Author
- Sekler, Eduard Franz. Curtis, William J. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674520599
- ISBN 13
- 9780674520592
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1978
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