{"product_id":"ludwig-hilberseimer-9781350068025","title":"Ludwig Hilberseimer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe German-American architect, art critic, and urban planner Ludwig Hilberseimer was central to avant-garde art and architecture in the Weimar Republic, an important Bauhaus teacher, and long-standing collaborator of leading modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.Despite being internationally-known for his work on Lafayette Park in Detroit, Hilberseimer's legacy as a whole has been obscured in the history of modern architecture.  Whether this is due to the intense shadow cast by Mies, or by his oeuvre being split between the differing languages and contexts of interwar Germany and postwar North America, this book argues that the time is now right for a critical reassessment of Hilberseimer's work and writings.Published as part of the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this study clarifies and situates Hilberseimer's ideas both as an architect and writer, and examines their influe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Colman’s excellent new book \u003ci\u003eLudwig Hilberseimer: Reanimating Architecture and the City\u003c\/i\u003e contributes fundamentally to our renewed appreciation of the often-misunderstood German émigré architect. The book offers the definitive English-language account of Hilberseimer’s intellectual formation, cultural commitments, and urban aspirations. * Charles Waldheim, Harvard University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful book is a vital contribution to our understanding of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s impact on modern architecture and urbanism. It presents a fresh and nuanced appraisal of this extraordinary designer’s modernism and its larger cultural relevance in the twentieth century. * Robin Schuldenfrei, The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK and author of Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930-1960 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgments  Note on Translation List of Abbreviations   Introduction 1. The Individual  2. Hilberseimer's Theory of Art 3. Organicism and Morphology 4. The Metropolis as an Organism 5. The Metropolis and the Work of Art 6. The City-Building-Art 7. Spiritualizing the Metropolis 8. Polarizing the Metropolis 9. The Fate of the Metropolis 10. Basso Continuo 11. Hilberseimer and Dada 12. The Equivalence of Art and Life 13. Metropolis-Building  Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407503827287,"sku":"9781350068025","price":90.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350068025.jpg?v=1730499600","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ludwig-hilberseimer-9781350068025","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}