Romantic Modernism

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Pub. Date: 2011-02-15
Publisher(s): Amsterdam Univ Pr
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Summary

In the world of architectural conservation, there is little tolerance for reconstructing or even protecting historic facades when everything behind is modern, and even less for reconstructing a building that has been completely destroyed. These offenses are considered lies against history. In this thoughtful, revealing work, conservation expert Wim Denslagen traces this predilection for honesty to the legacy of Functionalism, a Romantic-era movement that denounced the building of pseudo-architecture in favor of a new, rational form of building. With detailed analyses of headline-making restoration projects from Bruges to Berlin, Denslagen shows that the adoption of these romantic values by conservationists gave rise to a new wave of modern additions and transformations.

Author Biography

Wim Denslagen (1946) is architectural historian and professor in the history and theory of conservation at Utrecht University. Actually he is also working for the ministry of Culture in the Netherlands on the history of landscape perceptions. He published among others Architectural Restoration in Western Europe: Controversy and Continuity (1994), Architectural Imitations (in 2005 with Niels Gutschow) and Memories of Architecture. Architectural Heritage and Historiography in the Distant Past (2009).

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 7
Sentimentality and the Cityp. 9
The Rectangular Sicknessp. 43
Romantic Modernistsp. 75
Self-seeking Romanticsp. 107
Bad-mannered Buildingsp. 121
The Revival Styles and Time Regainedp. 155
Nostalgia and Imitationp. 167
Notesp. 223
Bibliographyp. 231
Indexp. 255
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