When buildings speak : architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933

Publication Data

• Title When buildings speak : architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
• Author Anthony Alofsin
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

Contents

Preface
Introduction: issues of architecture, language, and identity
The language of history
The language of organicism
The language of rationalism
The language of myth
The language of hybridity
Conclusion: continuities, discontinuities, and transformations
Appendix: place-names.

Topics

• Architecture :: Europe, Central :: 19th century
• Architecture :: Europe, Central :: 20th century
• Symbolism in architecture :: Europe, Central
• 013532512

When buildings speak : architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933 by Anthony Alofsin. ISBN 9780226015064. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.