TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birksted,Jan
TI  - Modernism and the Mediterranean: the Maeght Foundation 
T2  - Histories of vision
SN  - 075460179X
AV  - N2165.7 .B57 2004
U1  - 727.7092 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Aldershot, Hants, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Sert, José Luis,
KW  - Fondation Maeght
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Space (Architecture)
KW  - France
KW  - Saint-Paul (Alpes-Maritimes)
KW  - Vernacular architecture
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - Influence
KW  - Natural landscaping
KW  - Saint-Paul (Alpes-Maritimes, France)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index; Introduction: The commission --; 1; 'A moment of euphoria' --; Sect. I; The Labyrinth --; 2; The Labyrinth --; 3; Knossos --; Sect. II; The Mediterranean --; 4; The Mediterranean --; 5; Narratives --; Sect. III; The pools --; 6; The pools --; 7; Reflections --; Conclusion: The aftermath --; 8; 1974 --; Academic envoi: Spatial temporality
N2  - "Situated in a Mediterranean landscape, the Maeght Foundation is a unqiue Modernist museum, product of an extraordinary collaboration between the architect, Jose Luis Sert, and the artists whose work was to be displayed there. The architecture, garden design and art offer a rare opportunity to see work in settings conceived in active collaboration with the artists themselves."; "By focusing on the relationship between this art foundation and its Arcadian setting, including Joan Miro's labyrinth, George Braque's pool, Tal-Coat's mosaic wall and Giacometti's terrace, Jan K. Birksted demonstrates how the building articulates many of the ideas that preoccupied this group of artists during the culminating years of their lives. The study pays special attention to the ways in which architecture can shape the experience of time, and addresses the Modernist desire for wilderness and its problematic roots in the classical Mediterranean ideal; In showing how the design of the Maeght Foundation is a Modernist representation of Mediterranean culture, the author has developed an interpretation of architecture that accommodates not only the architect's handling of material or function, but shows as well how it can be the embodiment of a particular vision of space and time."--Jacket; "Situated in a Mediterranean landscape, the Maeght Foundation is a unqiue Modernist museum, product of an extraordinary collaboration between the architect, Jose Luis Sert, and the artists whose work was to be displayed there. The architecture, garden design and art offer a rare opportunity to see work in settings conceived in active collaboration with the artists themselves." "By focusing on the relationship between this art foundation and its Arcadian setting, including Joan Miro's labyrinth, George Braque's pool, Tal-Coat's mosaic wall and Giacometti's terrace, Jan K. Birksted demonstrates how the building articulates many of the ideas that preoccupied this group of artists during the culminating years of their lives. The study pays special attention to the ways in which architecture can shape the experience of time, and addresses the Modernist desire for wilderness and its problematic roots in the classical Mediterranean ideal. In showing how the design of the Maeght Foundation is a Modernist representation of Mediterranean culture, the author has developed an interpretation of architecture that accommodates not only the architect's handling of material or function, but shows as well how it can be the embodiment of a particular vision of space and time."--BOOK JACKET
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