How often do we get conscious of the fact that the function of art in general, and in relation to architectural space in particular, was dramatically changing throughout the course of history? And how is the consciousness of this historical transformative process relevant for the cultural and architectural discourse on museums and their architecture today? […]
Tag: modernity
Progressive, Forward-Looking and Advanced. Hungarian Architecture and Modernity 1956 – 1962
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2013, Volume 47, No. 1 - 2
In the immediate post-war years, modern architecture characterized the Hungarian scene: key positions of architectural practice and state construction administration were occupied by advocates of modern architecture of whom several were also active participants of the Modern movement. This trend was soon interrupted with a short but highly forceful period (ca 1950 – 1955) of […]
The Experiential Museum – Avant-Garde Spatial Experiments and the Reorganization of the Human Sensorium
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2021, Volume 55, No. 1 - 2
Avant-garde artistic experiments are unquestionably recognized as relevant to the museum field in the context of art and museum studies. This paper aims to reconfirm their relevance in the architectural context as well, selecting crucial cases and protagonists whose final products were not artworks or exhibitions per se, but new (concepts of) space. These new […]
From Modernism to Today: Reading Urban Planning Approaches to the Turkish Capital Ankara
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2019, Volume 53, No. 3 - 4
The city of Ankara, with its own conception of the modernity of the Republic of Turkey separate from the old city, is one of the national capital cities designed as a new city and a pioneer of modern urban planning of the 20th century. The city of Ankara is discussed in this article as it […]