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Historicism in the American Built Environment
Even in parts of the American built environment that seem most impervious to it, historicism surfaces nonetheless. This proposition raises a number of difficult and interconnected questions. This chapter points out some key transitional moments at which historicism went from being an innate part of building practice to being a self‐conscious design strategy. The first important turning point came by the mid‐1820s when the revolutionary generation was aging and dying off and the founding events of US political life were moving from the realm of lived memory to history. The chapter then considers the dynamic relationship between modernism and historicism in American architecture, and shows how the range of historical sources deemed relevant to new building was expanded, especially in the period between the two world wars. Finally, the chapter illuminates the changing American historical consciousness as it exerted an impact on the built environment.
Historicism in the American Built Environment
Even in parts of the American built environment that seem most impervious to it, historicism surfaces nonetheless. This proposition raises a number of difficult and interconnected questions. This chapter points out some key transitional moments at which historicism went from being an innate part of building practice to being a self‐conscious design strategy. The first important turning point came by the mid‐1820s when the revolutionary generation was aging and dying off and the founding events of US political life were moving from the realm of lived memory to history. The chapter then considers the dynamic relationship between modernism and historicism in American architecture, and shows how the range of historical sources deemed relevant to new building was expanded, especially in the period between the two world wars. Finally, the chapter illuminates the changing American historical consciousness as it exerted an impact on the built environment.
Historicism in the American Built Environment
Davis, John (editor) / Greenhill, Jennifer A. (editor) / LaFountain, Jason D. (editor) / Murphy, Kevin D. (author)
A Companion to American Art ; 544-561
2015-03-18
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English