Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder /

" The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and '30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossib...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morshed, Adnan
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015
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  • Introduction : The Aesthetics of Ascension
  • Hugh Ferriss and the "Harmonious Development of Man"
  • Ascension as Autobiography : Buckminster Fuller and His "Land to Sky, Outward Progression"
  • The Master Builder as Superman : Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama
  • Epilogue : The God's-Eye Vision.