- Title :
-
From the zero hour : transparency, gender and architecture in post-war Germany
- Author :
- BARNSTONE, Deborah Ascher ;
- Conference :
- Art, nation and gender : ethnic landscapes, myths and mother-figures; Aldershot; Burlington, VT; Ashgate ;
- Publication year :
-
2003
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Examines the desire in post-war Germany to create new metaphors for national identity, especially in art and architecture. Literature anticipated a democratic and more feminine principle of inclusivity which was embodied in state architecture through anti-monumental, and literally and metaphorically transparent buildings. Examines three structures which reflect this brief: Hans Schwippert's and Günter Behnisch's Bundeshaus, Bonn (1949, and 1974-1992), and Norman Foster's Reichstag, Berlin (1993-1999). The alignment of the feminine with the democratic was a repudiation of the masculine, fascist, architectural heritage of neo-classicism, but the feminine principle was still conservatively equated with land and nature. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- pl. 12-14; 3 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Allemagne ; Architecture ; Architecture civile ; Behnisch, Günter, n.1922 ; Berlin (DEU), Reichstagsgebäude ; Bonn (DEU), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ; Démocratie ; Foster, Norman Robert, n.1935 ; Iconographie ; Identité nationale ; Matériaux de construction ; Métaphore ; Restauration ; Schwippert, Hans, 1899-1973 ; Sexe (catégorie) ; Transparence ; 1900-2000 ; 1945-1999 ;
- Descriptors :
- Architectural materials ; Architecture ; Behnisch, Günter, b.1922 ; Berlin (DEU), Reichstagsgebäude ; Bonn (DEU), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ; Civil architecture ; Democracy ; Foster, Norman Robert, b.1935 ; Gender (sex) ; Germany ; Iconography ; Metaphor ; National identity ; Restoration ; Schwippert, Hans, 1899-1973 ; Transparency ; 1900-2000 ; 1945-1999 ;
- Document type :
- Communication de congrès ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24875525 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0754632253 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
UNITED STATES ;
