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Tag Archives: postmodernism
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Modernism: Making every place the same place for over a century.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged glass boxes, Globalization, modernism, postmodernism, the powers that be
2 Comments
Listing Books: Anti-Modernism
Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s funny how after over a century of a near-stranglehold on elite sensibilities, modernism refuses to give an inch in the art world. Whether in novels, gallery art, architecture, fashion, or music, the implicit (or even at times, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Education, History, Philosophy and Religion
Tagged modernism, postmodernism, traditionalism
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Juxtaposin’: Stairs
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Broad Museum, modernism, postmodernism, stairs, traditionalism
4 Comments
Ideas So Stupid Only An Intellectual Would Believe Them, A Continuing Series
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via this essay, time to add another entry to my Enemies List — David Shields: These books made David Shields’s “Reality Hunger” (2010) seem prescient. An earnest “manifesto” against the traditional novel (which Shields finds “unbelievably predictable, tired, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged David Shields, modernism, New Yorker, postmodernism, traditionalism
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Architecture Du Jour: Juxtaposin’
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Callowman, the proposed design for the Italian pavilion at Expo 2015.
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Submitted for your consideration, 20th century architectural history in miniature, as illustrated by three buildings. Located in Inwood neighborhood of upper Manhattan, each is located right next to the other. Here’s a map in the order we’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged architectural contrast, Inwood, modernism, New York, postmodernism, traditionalism
8 Comments
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I spotted this at Design Within Reach, a chic national chain that sells modernist furniture, at their location on 3rd Avenue. Erasing the boundaries between inside and out is one thing if you live in Newport Beach, CA … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged interior design, mid-century modernism, modernism, postmodernism
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