Arts & Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint - Reviews
"The collection is nothing less than a real time analysis of one of the most compelling times in American History...With the chance to relive 20 days worth of Arts & Architecture's glory days suddenly at hand, even those who scold on behalf of the avant-garde would surely agree: a little reminiscing can lead to great inspiration."Interiors Magazine, ChicagoUnited States |
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"This mammoth facsimile edition of Arts & Architecture magazine is the latest great stroke of absurdist publishing from TASCHEN, leaders in the field, whose heavyweight tomes continue to cripple coffee tables across the globe...It's a Brobdingnagian visual and textual banquet staffed by an illustrious cast of architects, artists, writers, and graphic designers, all refreshingly cocked and ready to seize the possibilities of post-war social and cultural renewal."Architectural Review, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"Expensive but worth it. By reproducing in facsimile the complete run of Arts & Architecture's glory days in one set of 10 volumes, TASCHEN has done aficionados a major favor."Art & Antiques Magazine, New YorkUnited States |
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"Als Manifest der Nachkriegsmoderne wirkt Arts & Architecture bis heute weltweit nach. Eine ganze Reihe von Architekturikonen veröffentlichte dort zum ersten Mal: Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, John Lautner, Frank Gehry, Richard Meier."GQ, MünchenGermany |
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"Die neue TASCHEN-Publikation ist ein beeindruckendes Zeitdokument der modernen amerikanischen Architektur und verhilft dem legendären Magazin 40 Jahre nach seinem Erscheinen zu neuem Glanz."Architekten24.de, MünchenGermany |
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"A 10-box set of the hugely influential architecture magazine Arts and Architecture, which saw the centre of modernism shift from Europe to the west coast of the US. If there is an equivalent in design of a record collection spanning Bebop to Cool school, this is it. Expensive, space-devouring, gorgeous."Financial Times, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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""Nous coulions des jours heureux; dommage qu'on ne nous en ait pas informés", écrivait Frédéric H.Fajardie dans Chronique d'une liquidation politique (...). C'est absolument le genre de réflexion qui vient à l'esprit en feuilletant la collection complète du magazine américain Arts&Architecture que vient tout juste de rééditer TASCHEN. Soit dix ans (1945-1954), dix boîtes, 118 volumes, 6 156 pages: impressionnant! Plus impressionnant encore, l'apparition au fil des pages de la revue fondée par John Entenza de noms de jeunes architectes qui allaient devenir célèbres: Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner, Richard Neurtra, Eero Saarinen, R.M. Schindler, dont les œuvres sont photographiées par Julius Shulman ou Ezra Stoller et analysées par Reyner Banham, Peter Blake, Esther McCoy ou encore Peter Yates. Oui, l'époque était heureuse et surtout d'une folle élégance, de cette élégance immortalisée par Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn ou Gary Cooper et Cary Grant. Mais l'élégance de Arts & Architecture (admirablement mis en page par Herbert Matter et Alvin Lustig) ne se limitait pas à l'architecture, à l'art et au design, tant il est vrai que la musique, la politique et les affaires sociales y tenaient une large place."Le Journal des arts, ParisFrance |
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"From 1945 to 1962, under editor John Entenza, the publication sponsored the Case Study House program. The results- buildings by Charles and ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, and Craig Ellwood, among others -secured LA.'s position as one of the world's most architecturally significant cities. No wonder then that TASCHEN has decided to give the landmark west coast journal the kind of this exhaustive facsimile treatment as lavished in the bard's comedies and tragedies....The $700 price tag is steep -but imagine the time and money saved not having to drive to estate sales anymore."Angeleno Magazine, Los AngelesUnited States |
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"Despite a hefty price tag, TASCHEN's 6,076-page collection of Arts and Architecture magazines is worth its weight... Like digitally remastered mp3s of Frank Sinatra's back catalogue, this reprinted edition re-presents the original material for 21st Century consumption. There are plenty of other books on the Case Study Houses, on Shulman's photography, and even on A&A itself, but for those who want to immerse themselves in West Coast Modernism, this is - almost - the real thing."Architects Journal, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"Today, as socially driven architecture has had a second coming, the magazine is a renewed inspiration for designers."Metropolis, New YorkUnited States |
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