Making it Modern

The History of Modernism in Architecture and Design

Aaron Betsky

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English

Actar Publishers
15 March 2017

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Architecture; History of architecture

At its root, modernism is that fundamental. It is a question of having something to represent that is of the moment. In the most radical interpretation, modernism always comes too late. The modern is that which is always new, which is to say, always changing and already old by the time it has appeared. Modernism is always a retrospective act, one of documenting or trying to catch what has already appeared - an attempt to fix life as it is being lived. Modernity is just the very fact that we as human beings are continually remaking the world around us through our actions, and are doing so consciously. Modernism is a monument to or memory of that act, which in its own making tries to remake the world it is pretending to represent.

By: Aaron Betsky
Imprint: Actar Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: English
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 805g
ISBN: 9781940291154
ISBN 10: 1940291151
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aaron Betsky (born 1958) is a critic, curator, educator, lecturer, and writer on architecture and design, as well as Dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. He was previously the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Betsky was named as the director of the 11th Exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2008. From 1995-2001 Betsky was Curator of Architecture, Design and Digital Projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He worked as a designer for Frank Gehry and Hodgetts & Fung.

Reviews for Making it Modern: The History of Modernism in Architecture and Design

An illustrated and exceptionally thoughtful and insightful study that is particularly well organized and presented, Making it Modern is very highly recommended for professional and academic History of Architecture collections in general, and Contemporary Architectural supplemental studies reading lists in particular. --Midwest Book Review