{"product_id":"sibyl-moholy-nagy-hilde-heynen-9781350094116","title":"Sibyl Moholy-Nagy: Architecture, Modernism and Its Discontents","description":"\u003cp\u003eA major voice in the architectural culture of the fifties and sixties, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy was uniquely engaged with modernism and modernity. As the wife and collaborator of L szl  Moholy-Nagy, she was expected to provide him with the material that was crucial for his modernist mission, whilst trying to carve out her own subjectivity as a writer. As an architectural critic she was one of the early voices articulating doubts about the path modernist architecture was taking, demystifying the myths of the masters, Mies, Le Corbusier and Gropius, and questioning their heroic, masculinist approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book analyzes the significance of the life and work of Moholy-Nagy and explores the paradoxical aspects of the relationship between modernism and feminism. Published as part of the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked figures in modernism, it is both an examination of her work and legacy, and also a study on the roles of gender and of the changing nature of modernism in its trajectory from Europe to America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on personal papers, diaries, letters and lecture notes, as well as personal interviews with relatives, colleagues and students, this study brings to light the significance of the life and work of a remarkable woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilde Heynen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350094110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350094116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Hilde Heynen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072925036799,"sku":"9781350094116","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d338c5f-1ded-4819-baf5-8e33e1e39139.jpg?v=1685444754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sibyl-moholy-nagy-hilde-heynen-9781350094116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}