Author: Anderson, Stanford
Title: Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century
Description: Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2000. Softcover. Green fabric with the title in black font down the spine. The free and pasted end pages are color designed. Pages: (10), xi, (5), 3-429. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. "This text looks at the work of Peter Behrens, analyzing the cultural and architectural context in which it was produced and the relation of his own house in Darmstadt to his ideal of a society where life is formed as art." Contents are as follows: 1; A Context for the Early Work of Behrens: The Emergence of a New Architecture in Germany and Austria around 1900; 1 --; 2; Behrens's Changing Concept of Life as Art: A Review of the Early Work; 27 --; 3; Behrens's Highest Kultursymbol, the Theater: Darmstadt, 1900-1903; 45 --; 4; Theory and Teaching of Architecture: Dusseldorf, 1903-1907; 69 --; 5; Modern Architecture and Industry, a Cultural Policy of Historical Determinism: Berlin I; 95 --; 6; Industrial Design, a Strategy for Uniting Technology and Art: Berlin II; 113 --; 7; Architecture for Industry, the AEG Factories: Berlin III; 129 --; 8; Expression, Convention, and Convention as Expression: Berlin IV; 165 --; 9; Interwar Years; 221. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine on the mylar jacket. Stamp on title page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on the back free end page. It seems to be missing an outer clear jacket with 'Peter Behrens' printed on it.

Keywords: European Artists ; Behrens, Peter ; ;


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