{"product_id":"american-glamour-and-the-evolution-alice-t-friedman-9780300116540","title":"American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rise of luxury and sophistication in mid-century modern architecture and design\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The sleek lines and gleaming facades of the architecture of the late 1940s and 1950s reflect a culture fascinated by the promise of the Jet Age. Buildings like Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal at JFK Airport and Philip Johnson's Four Seasons Restaurant retain a thrilling allure, seeming to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this work, distinguished architectural historian Alice Friedman draws on a vast range of sources to argue that the aesthetics of mid-century modern architecture reflect an increasing fascination with \"glamour,\" a term widely used in those years to characterize objects, people, and experiences as luxurious, expressive, and even magical.\u003cp\u003eFeaturing assessments of architectural examples ranging from Mies van der Rohe's monolithic Seagram Building to Elvis Presley's sprawling Graceland estate, as well as vintage photographs, advertisements, and posters, this book argues that new audiences and client groups with tastes rooted in popular entertainment made their presence felt in the cultural marketplace during the postwar period. The author suggests that American and European architecture and design increasingly reflected the values of a burgeoning consumer society, including a fundamental confidence in the power of material objects to transform the identity and status of those who owned them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice T. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300116543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300116540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.44h x 8.86w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Alice T. Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447611797759,"sku":"9780300116540","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b947c0a-298b-4e14-a111-58aa5bf2843b.jpg?v=1777233852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-glamour-and-the-evolution-alice-t-friedman-9780300116540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}