Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New

Description: Avant-Garde in the Cornfields by Michelangelo Sabatino, Ben Nicholson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A close examination of an iconic small town that gives boundless insights into architecture, landscape, preservation, and philanthropyAvant-Garde in the Cornfields is an in-depth study of New Harmony, Indiana, a unique town in the American Midwest renowned as the site of two successive Utopian settlements during the nineteenth century: the Harmonists and the Owenites. During the Cold War years of the twentieth century, New Harmony became a spiritual "living community" and attracted a wide variety of creative artists and architects who left behind landmarks that are now world famous.This engrossing and well-documented book explores the architecture, topography, and preservation of New Harmony during both periods and addresses troubling questions about the origin, production, and meaning of the towns modern structures, landscapes, and gardens. It analyzes how these were preserved, recognizing the funding that has made New Harmony so vital, and details the elaborate ways in which the town remains an ongoing experiment in defining the role of patronage in historic preservation.An important reappraisal of postwar American architecture from a rural perspective, Avant-Garde in the Cornfields presents provocative ideas about how history is interpreted through design and historic preservation-and about how the extraordinary past and present of New Harmony continue to thrive today.Contributors: William R. Crout, Harvard U; Stephen Fox, Rice U; Christine Gorby, Pennsylvania State U; Cammie McAtee, Harvard U; Nancy Mangum McCaslin; Kenneth A. Schuette Jr., Purdue U; Ralph Schwarz; Paul Tillich. Author Biography Ben Nicholson is professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited at the Fondation Cartier, The Renaissance Society, Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Venice Biennale. He is author of Appliance House and The World: Who Wants It?Michelangelo Sabatino is educated as an architect and historian and is dean of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is author of Pride in Modesty: Modernist Architecture and the Vernacular Tradition in Italy, which received the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award. Details ISBN 1517903149 ISBN-13 9781517903145 Title Avant-Garde in the Cornfields Author Michelangelo Sabatino, Ben Nicholson Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 408 Publisher University of Minnesota Press GE_Item_ID:161853805; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9781517903145

Book Title: Avant-Garde in the Cornfields

Number of Pages: 408 Pages

Publication Name: Avantgarde in the Cornfields : Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony

Language: English

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Year: 2019

Subject: History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Regional Studies, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Item Height: 2 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 42.2 Oz

Item Length: 10 in

Author: Ben Nicholson

Subject Area: Architecture, Social Science, History

Item Width: 8 in

Format: Trade Paperback