Age of the Masters
Download or Read eBook Age of the Masters PDF written by Reyner Banham and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Reyner Banham |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0064300641 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780064300643 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Age of the Masters by : Reyner Banham
Book excerpt: "The Age of the Masters was the age of an architectural revolution that lasted over fifty years - from Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow Art School at the beginning of the century to Mies van der Rohe's National Gallery in Berlin at the end of the sixties. While they lived, the Masters comprised some of the most powerful architectural talents the Western world has yet produced, and at least two men of towering genius - Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier. Their aspirations for the future of men, cities, and society may have been thwarted, but the prototypes they created still reflect the light of their creative fervor..." --
