The Isms of Modernism
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Styles come and go, but when it comes to the Modern Age, there are enough isms to make your head spin. Constructivism. Deconstructivism. Expressionism. Formalism. What's it all mean? For pictures and definitions of 20th century ideas, check out our Picture Dictionary of Modern Architecture >>
The Einstein Tower (Einsteinturm) in Potsdam is an early Expressionist work by architect Erich Mendelsohn, 1920. Image courtesy Flickr Member Doris Antony.
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i’ve been reading Eliel Saarinen’s The Search for Form in Art and Archcitecture and it had definitely shed some light of my questions regarding the “ISMS” of our time.
give more picture about the isms of architecture.