Modernism. Definitions, characteristics, leaders of Modernism
Just as the concept of modernity can be understood in different ways, there have been many definitions of modernism in the literature and art...
Concept of elementary composition
The academic textbooks from the turn of the century also confirm the isolation of academic circles. Professor Julien Guadet emphasizes the importance of composition...
Genesis and context of the modern movement
Modernism in architecture emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. It was a natural consequence of the growing feeling in avant-garde circles that...
Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
The outstanding architect and theorist Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924) and, following him, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) blazed the modernist trail on the American continent....
What is Architecture?
What is architecture? If we ask ten people, we get ten different answers based on the demographic disparity like education, culture, chronological age, the...
Architecture of apartment buildings of the modern era
The general structure of apartment buildings of the modern era was quite stable, its evolution was slow. This architectural type, unlike mansions, is constrained...
Architecture is an extraordinarily multifaceted phenomenon
To understand the true essence of architecture, it is necessary to consider it from different sides, to determine what role it plays in society,...
Architectural fantasies
The term discreteness characterizes the space-time limitation of the elements and states of the object. Continuity is understood as the relationship of elements and...
Architecture of Moscow at the beginning of the XVII century
At the beginning of the XVII century . there was a struggle with the Polish-Swedish intervention, there was economic ruin, so almost no monumental...
Houses of strict classicism
The most common type of house of strict classicism is a prismatic compact volume with a central hall and rooms bypassing it around the...
