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New Directions in Urban History
This volume introduces, through a series of freshly researched studies, new perspectives on the history of European urban culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The approach is an international one, with essays on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and the authors drawn not only from Europe, but also the USA and Japan. The essays examine a range of specialist aspects of culture, such as gardening, spa towns, painting, and music. At the same time the contributors also explore jointly several broader interconnected themes - health, nature, the arts and cultural institutions, leisure, and tourism - of central importance to the cultural identity and development of the modern European town.
European Cities in the Modern Era, 1850-1914
In European Cities in the Modern Era, 1850-1914 Friedrich Lenger analyses the demographic and economic preconditions of European urbanization, compares the extent to which Europe’s cities were characterized by heterogeneity with respect to the social, national and religious composition of its population and asks in which way differences resulting from this heterogeneity were resolved either peacefully or violently. Using this general perspective and extending the scope by including Eastern and Southern Europe the dominant view of Europe’s prewar cities as islands of modernity is challenged and the ubiquity of urban violence established as a central analytical problem.
Artists' Houses in London 1764-1914
During the 150 years prior to 1914, British artists of all kinds enjoyed esteem and prosperity on a steadily mounting scale. This work reveals how the more ambitious painters and sculptors came to build an extraordinary range of workplaces in response to their rising status.
Cottages and Villas
"The garden suburb has its origins in London, and, contrary to widespread belief, its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the 20th century, with the much discussed garden-city movement, but one century earlier, with the creation of the Eyre brothers' villa estate in the London suburb of St. John's Wood. This fascinating book gives the first detailed, accurate and well-illustrated account of the Eyre Estate. It provides the missing link in the history of British suburbs. Drawing on the resources of the newly catalogued Eyre archive, it offers an authoritative interpretation of the development and management of this pioneering estate from the eighteenth century onwards."--Dust jacket.
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Residenzstadt und Metropole
Die Spezifik der städtischen Formation Wiens um 1900 bestand in der Überlagerung zweier divergierender Schichten, die sich im Stadtkörper, in den Handlungsformen der Stadtbewohner und in der Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung der Stadt auffinden lassen: die Residenzstadt-Schicht verwies zurück ins 18. und frühe 19. Jahrhundert und wurde zum Vorstellungskomplex 'Alt-Wien' verdichtet, die Metropolen-Schicht repräsentierte Wiens Gegenwart als moderne Millionenstadt, gewann aber kaum Bedeutung für das Image der Stadt als einer barocken oder biedermeierlichen Idylle, das in jenen Jahren festgeschrieben wurde und bis in die Gegenwart fortwirkt. Das musikalische Unterhaltungstheater, insbesondere ...
The Amsterdam School
"The first years of this century witnessed the birth in Amsterdam of a movement which with its sculptural opulence of form would alter dramatically the appearance of that city. Under the leadership of architects like Wijdeveld, Kramer and De Klerk there evolved an expressionist visual language which under the name of Amsterdam School would create a stir on an international scale. Here, aided by almost 500 illustrations, is a comprehensive survey of many designs produced by the Amsterdam School, including such masterpieces as Van der Mey's Scheepvaarthuis, Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South, Kramer's bridges and De Klerk's De Dageraad and Eigen Haard housing estates. The work also deals with the carvings of Hildo Krop, street furniture, furniture designs and domestic interiors. The extensive bibliography and biographies of the most important architects make this an indispensable work of reference."--
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