Architecture of the Off-Modern
| Author | : Svetlana Boym |
| Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
| Total Pages | : 90 |
| Release | : 2008-07-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1568987781 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781568987781 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (781 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Architecture of the Off-Modern by : Svetlana Boym
Download or read book Architecture of the Off-Modern written by Svetlana Boym and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2008-07-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an imaginative tour through the history and afterlife of Vladimir Tatlin's legendary but unbuilt Monument to the Third International of 1920. Boym traces the vicissitudes of Tatlin's Tower from its reception in the 1920s to its privileged recall in 'the reservoir of unofficial utopian dreams' of the Soviet-era.