On Adam's House in Paradise; The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History

Rykwert, Joseph

ISBN 10: 026268036X / ISBN 13: 9780262680363

Verlag: The MIT Press 978-0-262-68036-3, Cambridge, London

Beschreibung

[978-0-262-68036-3] 1981. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 250pp. 8vo. A backward track through history, a hunt for Adam's house, the original image. This edition incorporates all of the original illustrations as well as several new ones, all black and white, with additional text by the author. Wrappers are brown, title printed in white to front and spine. Fine copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 131152

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: On Adam's House in Paradise; The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History
• Verlag: The MIT Press 978-0-262-68036-3, Cambridge, London
• ISBN-10: 026268036X
• ISBN-13: 9780262680363
• Einband: Softcover
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Art and Architecture

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Inhaltsangabe

On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations."—Charles Moore, Progressive Architecture

This new edition of On Adam's House in Paradise (first published by the Museum of Modern Art) incorporates all the original illustrations and several new ones, as well as additional text by the author.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.