Midcentury modernism is not the first architectural style that comes to mind when you think of Vermont. But the state’s modern structures, dating from the 1930s through 1970s, feature surprisingly ...
One mythology peddled by Modernist apologists is an allegedly seamless “history,” which attempts to link the Modern Movement in architecture and planning with millennia of historical developments that ...
Renaissance scholar Petrarch once wrote of Roman consul Scipio Africanus in a passage that remains strikingly relevant to the contemporary state of architecture: “Then perhaps, with the darkness ...
There are thousands of buildings and sites classified as Modern Movement architecture in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the Modern Movement capitals are in the West, with cities ...
There’s some wild painting on show in London in Making Modernism. The Royal Academy’s new exhibition of women artists working in Germany in the early 20 th century offers a fresh perspective on some ...
Architecture has long been intertwined with the historical narratives of colonialism, where European powers imposed their styles and ideologies upon colonised regions, often disregarding local ...
Architecture, and all aspects of the design world, has experienced numerous movements throughout time that have defined the way we express ourselves through buildings, art, and other mediums. Created ...
While I certainly hope Mr. White is correct, Archbishop Gomez appears to foreclose Catholic dialogue and collaboration by describing these movements for social change as “pseudo-religions.” Two things ...
In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. “Inside the Design Center,” the Mingei International Museum’s newest ...
Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...