[ebooks] Colour and Abstraction by George Blacklock at Arts-Photography

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As a formative exemplar of early architectural modernism; Bruno Tautrsquo;s seminal exhibition pavilion the Glashaus (literally translated Glasshouse) is logically part of the important debate of rethinking the origins of modernism. However; the historical record of Bruno Tautrsquo;s Glashaus has been primarily established by one art historian and critic. As a result the historical record of the Glashaus is significantly skewed toward a singlular notion of Expressionism and surprisingly excludes Tautrsquo;s diverse motives for the design of the building. In an effort to clarify the problematic historical record of the Glashaus; this book exposes Bruno Tautrsquo;s motives and inspirations for its design. The result is that Tautrsquo;s motives can be found in yet unacknowledged precedents like the botanical inspiration of the Victoria regia lily; the commercial interests of Frederick Keppler as the Director of the Deutche Luxfer Prismen Syndikat; and imitation that derived openly from the Gothic. The outcome is a substantial contribution to the re-evaluation of the generally accepted histories of the modern movement in architecture.