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Contemporary synagogue art; developments in the United States, 1945-1965. by Kampf, Avram.(CARDINAL)172405;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly -- Synagogue and ancient temple -- A house of the people instead of a house of God -- Worship by prayer and not sacrifice -- Instruction and debate replace magical elements -- New relation of individual to service -- The origin of the synagogue -- Löw's Theory -- From city gate to people's house to synagogue -- The view of S. W. Baron -- conditions for growth of self government in ancient Israel -- The synagogue as institution adapted to survival of religious-ethnic group in many lands -- The synagogue as house of instruction -- Prayer as instruction -- Psychological consequences of daily prayer -- The synagogue as house of assembly -- Community functions of the synagogue --Philo on the synagogue -- The Interpretation of the Second Commandment: Strict and liberal interpretations of the second commandment -- General retarding effect on development of plastic arts -- Sculptures in the biblical temple -- David Kaufmann revises historical view of Jewish attitude toward arts -- The work of Leopold Löw -- Abraham Geiger's Responsum -- View of contemporary scholarship -- The archeological evidence of an ancient Jewish art -- Liberal and conservative talmudic views -- Jewish craftsmen as makers of idols -- The view of Maimonides -- Art among the Jews of Italy and Poland -- Philosophic considerations -- Judaism's preference for the spoken word -- Views of Grätz and Herman Cohen -- The Jewish concept of God -- Attitude toward images reflecting religious situations in the ancient world -- Pervasiveness of a moral view of life -- The American Synagogue Today: The return to the synagogue -- The rise of the synagogue center -- Jewish survival under conditions of freedom -- The quest for Jewish identity -- The expansion of synagogue activities -- The quest for decorum -- Demand for art coming from tradtional sources and new conditions -- The view of Dr. M. M. Kaplan -- The idea of the Holy -- The adoption of modern architecture -- What should a synagogue look like? -- The view of Lewis Mumford -- The need for reconciliation of function and expression in synagogue architecture --The failure of functional planning to satisfy psychological needs -- The need for the work of art -- relationship of art and modern architecture -- the solutions to the problem of art in architecture by Sullivan, Wright, the International Style and the Bauhaus -- Leaders in architecture build synagogues -- The function of art in today's architecture -- Percival Goodman's contribution to the problem -- Collaboration among the arts -- Aft for Today's Synagogue: The expression of the Jewish ethos -- The communal art of a seventeenth-century synagogue -- The breakdown of the traditional Jewish world view -- Jewish theology today -- The function of art in the reestablishment of Jewish communal and religious values -- The artist vis-à-vis the community -- The position of the architect -- The role of the rabbi -- The need for his education in the arts -- art as an avenue of religious experience -- Modern art for the synagogue -- The expansion of the repertoire of Hebrew art -- A monumental scale for Jewish Analytic, expressive, and decorative tendencies of contemporary art in the synagogue -- The problem of communication in modern synagogue art -- The Hebrew letter -- Didactic art -- Synthesis of the abstract and the concrete in synagogue art -- synagogue art and the freedom of the artist -- Existence of Jewish motives in contemporary art of which the synagogue is unaware -- A genuine religious art for which the synagogue is a natural home -- Younger American artist and their Jewish subjects -- The place of the isolated work of art in the synagogue -- Relation of Jewish community to Jewish artists -- The case of Ben-Zion -- Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey: Contemporary artists in the service of the synagogue -- Artwork integrated into exterior -- Sculpture aiding architecture in expressing the building's purpose -- The burning bush -- Use of new materials and new techniques -- A mural on the theme of the temple wall -- Inscriptions on the walls of the prayer hall -- A congregation remembers -- Stones from destroyed synagogues -- Torah curtains designed by artist and executed by women of congregation -- The signs of the curtain -- The reaction of the congregation -- The aims and achievements of the artist -- Artwork on Synagogue Exteriors -- The pillar of fire in hammered bronze -- The creation of the world and the liberation from bondage in sgraffito, terrazzo and metal -- Eight relief sculptures on persistent ideas of Judaism -- "Not by might but by my spirit..." -- The use of Hebrew mythology for representation of spirit and might -- "On three things the world is founded" -- A bronze sculpture of Moses and the burning bush -- A menorah designed in brick -- The pillar of fire and pillar of smoke in concrete, and a menorah resembling a chariot -- Five tile murals on Jewish ideas from the Bible -- A sculptural metaphor on theme of the menorah -- Sculpture in wrought iron -- The ladder, the Torah and the crowns -- A sculpture in metal and glass -- Artwork in the Vestibule: House of prayer, house of study , house of assembly, a mosaic mural on the contemporary synagogue -- the burning bush and the Messianic hope -- The yoke of Torah, a ladder to heaven -- Jacob's dream --The Messianic theme, another version of a mosaic mural -- The Miracle -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part I: The ark as receptacle for the Torah scrolls -- Ark and bimah, two centers competing for attention -- The bimah, from a small platform to an imposing structure -- The representation of the ark in ancient Hebrew art -- The enlargement of the ark's frame -- The Torah curtains and the Eternal Light -- The menorah, a cosmic tree transformed as symbol of Judaism -- The memorial light -- The Torah ornaments -- The commanding position of the ark today -- The prayer hall embodying tensions within Judaism--the point of view of a Jewish theologian -- The functions of the synagogue are indivisible -- The need to evoke the numinous -- The use of stained-glass windows -- Different artistic conceptions of the prayer hall -- The wall which shelters the ark -- The ark, free standing and recessed -- The impact of contemporary design and materials on the ark -- The menorah today, search for depth and asymmetry -- A variety of Eternal Light lamps -- The memorial tables -- The use of electricity questioned -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part II: Interiors designed by Erich Mendelsohn -- The evocation of the Holy by darkness and emptiness -- The bimah of Temple B'nai Israel in Bridgeport, Conn. -- The Beth El, Springfield, Mass. -- The primitive invades a modern synagogue -- Evocation of time and mobility in the arks of the Hebrew Congregation in Indianapolis, Ind. -- Silver ark doors narrate the biblical story in Temple Beth El in Great Neck, N.Y. -- Sculptured lead doors which recall the Holocaust -- Human figures and artist's self portrait carved on ark doors -- A modern carving of an old Hebrew fold motif -- The winged ark at Brandeis University -- The meeting of man with God -- The bronze ark of Temple B'rith Kodesh in Rochester, N.Y. -- Stained-Glass Windows: Stained-glass windows -- Man and community -- The windows in Temple B'nai Aaron, St. Paul, Minn. -- Stained-glass walls at the Milton Steinberg House in New York City and at Temple Shalom in Newton, Mass. -- Jewish history in stained glass at Har Zion in Philadelphia, Pa. -- Aspects of American Jewish history at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh -- Stained-glass windows as backdrop for the ark in New York City -- Fragments of old stained-glass windows worked into a modern design -- the unity of man, god, and the universe -- Abraham Rattner bases the design of a window on the cabala -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

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The American Jew in the visual art of America. by Kanof, Abram,1903-1999,contributor.(CARDINAL)190272; Freudenheim, Tom L.,contributor.(CARDINAL)309066; American Jewish Historical Society,publisher.(CARDINAL)161510;

A selected bibliography / by Abram Kanof -- How to organize a local Jewish museum / by Abram Kanof and Tom L. Freudenheim -- List of Jewish Museums.This pamphlet was created iin connection with the theme of 1966's American Jewish History Week (April 17-24, 1966), "The American Jew in the Visual Art in America." The first part, A Selected Bibliography, is devoted to this year's theme and contains the following seven headings: I. General Histories of Jewish Art, II. American Jewish Artists, III. What is Jewish Art?, IV. Art and the Second Commandment, V. Jewish Ceremonial Art, VI. American Synagogue Architecture, and VII. General Reference Works. The second part, How to organize a local Jewish museum, is followed by a List of Jewish Museums.

Subjects: Jewish art; Jewish art and symbolism; Judaism; Synagogue architecture; Synagogue art, American; Jewish museums.;

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Gilded lions and jeweled horses : the synagogue to the carousel / by Zimiles, Murray,author.(CARDINAL)123921; Hollander, Stacy C.,project director.(CARDINAL)197395; Mann, Vivian B.,contributor.(CARDINAL)153693; Wertkin, Gerard C.,writer of foreward.(CARDINAL)270771; American Folk Art Museum,issuing body,host institution.(CARDINAL)298776; Farmers' Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.),host institution.(CARDINAL)791750; Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.),host institution.(CARDINAL)291161;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160) and index.Foreword / Gerard C. Wertkin -- Recapturing the Past / Vivian B. Mann -- In America: The Synagogue to the Carousel -- Plates."Until recently, relatively little was known in the United States about the creative work of European immigrant Jewish folk artists. The destruction of the material heritage of Eastern and Central European Jews during World War II has made it very difficult to trace the European precedents for American Jewish vernacular artistry. The physical remnants of that heritage - among them, the types of papercuts, gravestones, and woodcarvings featured in this volume - can only suggest how extensive the traditions of Jewish folk art in Eastern and Central Europe once were." "Jewish craftsmen skilled in the elaborately crafted arks and bimahs found in the carved and painted interiors of Eastern European synagogues arrived in North America in the late nineteenth century, where they soon flourished and became the creators of some of America's greatest folk art. When these artisans came to the United States, they encountered a society more interested in what they could produce than in what religion they practiced. So, they not only continued to carve religious artifacts for the new synagogues serving fellow immigrants but also created wooden trade figures, carnival figures, and some of the greatest carousel animals the world has seen." "A principal purpose of this volume and the exhibition that it documents is to recapture a sense of awe and appreciation for a nearly lost tradition. The book and exhibition return to the Jewish people, and to world culture, a visual tradition of great beauty and decorative complexity."--Book jacket.

Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Wood-carving; Stone carving; Jewish art and symbolism; Jewish folk art; Wood-carving; Jewish folk art;

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Encyclopedia of Jewish American artists / by Baskind, Samantha,author.(CARDINAL)270948;

Includes bibliographical references and index.A brief history of Jewish American art -- Eleanor Antin -- Ida Applebroog -- Diane Arbus -- David Aronson -- Shimon Attie -- Richard Avedon -- Saul Baizerman -- Will Barnet -- Leonard Baskin -- Ben-Zion -- Theresa Bernstein -- Albert Bloch -- Hyman Bloom -- Peter Blume -- Ilya Bolotowsky -- Jonathan Borofsky -- Alice Lok Cahana -- Solomon Nunes Carvalho -- Judy Chicago -- Minna Citron -- Jo Davidson -- Jim Dine -- Alfred Eisenstaedt -- Jacob Epstein -- Philip Evergood -- Moses Jacob Ezekiel -- Herbert Ferber -- Audrey Flack -- Robert Frank -- Helen Frankenthaler -- Lee Friedlander -- Ruth Gikow -- Leon Golub -- Adolph Gottlieb -- William Gropper -- Chaim Gross -- Philip Guston -- Eva Hesse -- Tobi Kahn -- Jacob Kainen -- Alex Katz -- R.B. Kitaj -- Lee Krasner -- Leon Kroll -- Barbara Kruger -- Ibram Lassaw -- Jack Levine -- Sol LeWitt -- Roy Lichtenstein -- Seymour Lipton -- Morris Louis -- Louis Lozowick -- William Meyerowitz -- Henry Mosler -- Elie Nadelman -- Louise Nevelson -- Arnold Newman -- Barnett Newman -- Jules Olitski -- Philip Pearlstein -- Irving Penn -- Archie Rand -- Abraham Rattner -- Larry Rivers -- Mark Rothko -- Miriam Schapiro -- George Segal -- Richard Serra -- Ben Shahn -- Mitchell Siporin -- Aaron Siskind -- Moses Soyer -- Raphael Soyer -- Nancy Spero -- Harry Sternberg -- Maurice Sterne -- Florine Stettheimer -- Alfred Stieglitz -- Paul Strand -- Jennings Tofel -- Abraham Walkowitz -- Max Weber -- Weegee (Arthur Fellig) -- Garry Winogrand -- William Zorach.Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists presents over 80 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Jewish American artists, ranging from the critically neglected Theresa Bernstein, Ruth Gikow, and Jennings Tofel, to the well-known Eva Hesse, Roy Lichtenstein, and Larry Rivers. The subject matter of some of these artists may surprise readers. Adolph Gottlieb designed and supervised the fabrication of a thirty-five foot wide, four-story high stained glass façade for a synagogue; Louise Nevelson sculpted a Holocaust memorial; and Philip Pearlstein painted a version of Moses with the Tablets of the Law early in his career. Covering painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers, as well as artists who engage in newer forms of visual expression such as video, conceptual, and performance art, the book is in part intended to stimulate further scholarship on these artists. When appropriate, entries reveal the influence of the Jewish American encounter on the artists' work along with other factors such as gender and the immigrant experience. In many cases, the artists' own words are employed to flesh out perspectives on their art as well as on their Jewish identity. To that end, the volume contains excerpts from recent interviews conducted by the author with some of the artists, including Judy Chicago, Audrey Flack, Jack Levine, and Sol LeWitt. Illustrations accompanying each artist's entry, some in color, aid this invaluable look at Jewish American art.

Subjects: Biographies.; Dictionaries.; Reference works.; Art, American; Art, American; Jewish artists;

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A crown for a king : studies in Jewish art, history, and archaeology in memory of Stephen S. Kayser / by Kayser, Stephen S.,1900-1988,dedicatee.(CARDINAL)216682; Sabar, Shalom,1951-editor.(CARDINAL)202261; Fine, Steven,editor.(CARDINAL)210417; Kramer, William M.,editor.(CARDINAL)836039;

Includes bibliographical references.Foreword / Seymour Fromer -- Preface / The Editors -- Directing The Jewish Museum since Kayser / Joan Rosenbaum -- Recollections of the Stephen and Louise Kayser Era at The Jewish Museum / Cissy Grossman -- Dr. Stephen S. Kayser: A Personal Testimony / Grace Cohen Grossman -- Stephen S. Kayser in Los Angeles: A Personal Memoir / William M. Kramer -- Silver Ritual Objects of the Jewish Communities of the Ottoman Empire / Chaya Benjamin -- The Synagogue of Conegliano Veneto / David Cassuto -- Joel ben Simeon Revisited: Reflections of the Scribe's Artistic Repertoire in a Cinquecentro Haggadah / Evelyn M. Cohen -- Between Phoenicia Maritima and the Land of Israel: The Population of a Frontier Zone in the Byzantine Period / Claudine Dauphin -- An Eighteenth-Century Hanukkah Lamp Rediscovered / Ruth Eis -- The Halakhic Motif in Jewish Iconography: The Matzah-Baking Cycles of the Yahuda and Second Nurnberg Haggadahs / Steven Fine -- Myth and Scripture: The Dialoghi d'Amore of Leone Ebreo / Shoshanna Gershenzon -- Joseph ben Kalonymus: The Enigma of a Thirteenth-Century Hebrew Scribe / Joseph Gutmann -- Chagall and J.M. Synge / Avram Kampf -- Hugo Ballin, Artist and Director / William M. Kramer -- "I Am an American and a Good Jew, Too," Reuben M. Eschwege: A German Jewish Folk Artist in America / Steven M. Lowenstein -- "Defining Jewish Art" The Case of Two Eighteenth-Century Bookcovers / Vi vian B. Mann -- The Illustrated Prayer Book of Reizele Binge of Furth, 1737/38 / Shalom Sabar.Israeli, European, and American scholars look at a range of aspects relating to Jewish art and museology from the medieval period to the 20th century. Among them are ritual objects from the Ottoman empire, the synagogue of Conegliano Veneto, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Marc Chagall, American muralist Hugo Ballin, the development of The Jewish Museum, and defining Jewish art. The 17 essays are not indexed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Subjects: Festschriften.; Kayser, Stephen S., 1900-1988.; Festschrift.; Jewish art and symbolism.;

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The colonial American Jew, 1492-1776 / by Marcus, Jacob Rader,1896-1995.(CARDINAL)141342;

Includes bibliographical references.v. I. Preface -- PART I: Introduction -- PART II: SPAIN, SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO, AND THE WEST INDIAN ISLANDS: Marranos and New Christians in the Spanish Americas, 1492-1800 -- New Christians and Jews in Brazil, 1500-1800 -- Jews in the French West Indies 1654-1800 -- The British West Indies, 1654-1831 -- St. Eustatius, the Virgin Islands, Tobago, and the Guianas -- The Jews of Curacao -- Summary -- PART III: THE SETTLEMENT IN NEW NETHERLAND: New Netherland -- PART IV: THE SETTLEMENT IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: Whence, why, who, when, where -- New England and New York -- Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware -- Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas -- Georgia -- The Gulf Coast, the Illinois country, and Canada -- PART V: THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL STATUS OF THE JEW IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: Political rights in New York -- Political rights in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut -- Political rights in Rhode Island -- Political rights in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware -- Political rights in Maryland and Virginia -- Political rights in North and South Carolina -- Political rights in Georgia and Quebec -- Naturalization -- England, the colonies, and the Jews -- Summary of rights and disabilities.v. II. PART VI: THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE JEWS IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: Background fro the North American economy -- Agriculture, ranching, crafts, and professions -- Jewish businessmen -- Types of merchants -- Physical mobility and relocation -- Agents, brokers, factors, partners, and the family in business -- The merchant: suppliers, stocks, and customers -- Jews as merchant-shippers -- Overseas trade -- Privateering, insurance, an finance -- Industry -- The slave trade -- Army supply -- The Western trade -- The Western movement -- Hazards to success --Smuggling and criminality -- Religion and friendship in business -- Success and wealth -- Class structure, economic mobility, influence, and status -- Summary and evaluation of the Jew's role in the colonial American economy -- PART VII: RELIGION, SOCIAL WELFARE, AND JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE LIFE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN JEW: The religious life -- The synagogues of New York, Newport, and Montreal -- The synagogues of Pennsylvania and the South -- Synagogue art and architecture -- The synagogue and its administration: I -- The synagogue and its administration: II -- The salaried officials --Belief and piety -- Liturgy, preaching, and the holidays -- The life cycle ceremonies -- Dissension -- Kinship and social life -- Changes in traditional Judaism -- Charity -- Jewish education -- Jewish culture and knowledge -- The teaching of Hebrew to non-Jews.v. III. PART VIII: THE JEW IN THE LARGER AMERICAN COMMUNITY: Rejection -- Acceptance -- Why Gentiles accept Jews -- Why Jews accept America -- Secular America -- Jewish participation in the activities of the general community -- Acculturation and deculturation -- Specific cases of acculturation -- Patriotism, military service, and the coming of the Revolution -- The Jew as rebel -- Whigs, Loyalists, and Neutrals -- Jews as Whig soldiers, 1775-1776 -- The Jewish merchant in the early years of the Revolution -- Summary -- PART IX: Biographical note -- Key to abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.

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A global history of architecture / by Ching, Frank,1943-; Jarzombek, Mark.; Prakash, Vikramaditya.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.3500 BCE -- Beginnings of China's civilization -- Early Indus settlements -- Predynastic Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- European megalithic tombs -- 2500 BCE -- Indus Ghaggar-Hakra civilization -- Early empires of Mesopotamia -- Egypt: the Old Kingdom -- Megalithic temples of Malta -- Stonehenge -- First civilizations of the Americas -- 1500 BCE -- Egypt: the New Kingdom -- Hittite Empire -- Minoan civilization -- Mycenaean civilization -- Civilization of the High Andes -- Poverty Point -- Shang Dynasty China -- 800 BCE -- The Olmecs -- Chavin de Huántar -- Zhou Dynasty China -- Varanasi: the Aryan conquest -- Etruscan civilization -- Greece: the geometric period -- Temple of Solomon -- Kingdom of Kush -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 400 BCE -- Achaemenid Dynasty -- Classical Greece -- Early Hellenic Age -- Advent of Bhuddism -- China: the Warring States period -- Late Olmec Centers -- 0 -- Republican Rome -- Augustan Rome -- Post-Augustan Rome -- Imperial Rome -- Mahayana Buddhism -- Taxila: the Gandharan Cosmopolis -- Qin Dynasty China -- Shaft tombs of Teuchitlán -- 200 CE -- Roman Empire -- Zoroastrian fire temples -- Buddhism of the Satvahanas -- The Kushan -- Han China -- The Moche and Nazca civilizations -- Teotihuacán -- Ohio's Hopewell Mounds -- 400 CE -- Hindu Renaissance -- Kushans of Bamiyan -- Establishment of Chinese Buddhism -- Emergence of Christianity -- Post-Constantinian age -- Zapotecs of Oaxaca -- Kofun period: Japan -- 600 CE -- Maya of the Yucatan -- Tiwanaku -- Age of Justinian -- Armenian architecture -- Rise of the temple kingdoms -- The Sui and Tang dynasties -- Nara period: Japan -- 800 CE -- Chang-an, the Tang capitol -- Korean Buddhism -- South Asian Hindu-Buddhism -- Indonesia at a crossroads -- Hindu kingdoms of Cambodia -- Construction in Southeast Asia -- Rise of Islam -- Carolingian Empire -- Byzantine Empire -- Pueblo Bonito -- Maya city-states -- 1000 -- Rise of Rajput kingdoms -- Song Dynasty China -- Pure-Land Buddhism -- Seljuk Turks -- The Fatimids -- Almoravid Dynasty -- Byzantine revival -- Ottonian Germany -- The Normans -- Pilgrimage churches -- Italian city-states -- Medieval Scandanavia -- Kievan Russia -- Mayan Uxmal -- Native Americans of Cahokia -- 1200 -- Khmer Vrah Vishnulok -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Kamakura Japan -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Delhi Sultanate -- The Hoysalas -- African kingdoms -- Europe: the High Middle Ages -- Republic of Novgorod -- Nasrid Sultanate -- Toltec Empire -- 1400 --The Mexica: Tenochtitlan -- Nomadic invaders -- Ming Dynasty China -- Joseon Dynasty -- Muromachi Japan -- Timurid Dynasty -- The Deccan sultanates -- Ottoman Empire -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Republic of Venice -- Italian Renaissance -- French chateaux -- 1600 -- Tokugawa Shogunate -- Voyages of Zheng He -- The Mughals -- Spanish conquest of America -- Italian High Renaissance -- Place Royale -- Elizabethan England -- The Kremlin's new churches -- Baroque Italy -- The Dogons of Mali -- Architecture of the Eurasian power bloc -- 1700 -- Colonialism -- The French culture of empire -- England: House of Stuart -- Spread of the baroque -- Georgian architecture -- Qing Dynasty China -- Edo and the Kyoto Odoi -- Choson Dynasty -- Nayaks of Madurai -- The Mallas of Nepal -- End of the Mughals -- 1800 -- Qianlong Emperor -- Neo-classicism -- Japan: the Edo Period -- Romantic nationalism -- Shakers -- Greek Revival -- Synagogues -- Viollet le Duc -- Wat Pra Kaeow -- 1900 -- London Metropolitan Board of Works -- World's Fairs -- National museums -- Colonial Bombay -- École des beaux-arts -- Arts and crafts movement -- The Indo-Saracenic -- Dutch Kampung -- Shingle style -- The City Beautiful movement -- Rise of professionalism -- Skyscrapers -- Art nouveau -- International beaux arts -- Colonial Africa -- The Deutsche Werkbund -- Expressionism -- De Stijl -- Russian constructivism -- Bauhaus -- 1950 -- Modernism -- Postmodernism -- The postmodern museum -- The postmodern postcolonial world -- Globalizati

Subjects: Architecture;

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Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life / by Klinenberg, Eric,author.(CARDINAL)665408;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-266) and index.Introduction: The social infrastructure -- A place to gather -- Safe spaces -- Learning together -- Healthy bonds -- Common ground -- Ahead of the storm -- Conclusion: Before we lift the next shovel.Extra Libris (essays, reader's guides, and more) : A reader's guide -- A conversation with Eric Klinenberg."An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--"An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather and linger, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the 'social infrastructure': When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves. Klinenberg takes us around the globe--from a floating school in Bangladesh to an arts incubator in Chicago, from a soccer pitch in Queens to an evangelical church in Houston--to show how social infrastructure is helping to solve some of our most pressing challenges: isolation, crime, education, addiction, political polarization, and even climate change. Richly reported, elegantly written, and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People urges us to acknowledge the crucial role these spaces play in civic life. Our social infrastructure could be the key to bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides--and safeguarding democracy."--JacketKlinenberg makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure." He shows how the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks can promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause. -- adapted from publisher info

Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics); City planning; Public spaces; Equality; Quality of life;

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