Abstract Representation, Volume 53, Issues 7-10Charles Jencks |
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Page 114
... Museum , as Breuer knew well , is to be a startling contrast , a magnificent non sequitur like a John Cage silence , the Cattle- Prod , as well as Shock of the New . I M Pei's monumental East Wing of Washington's National Gallery ( 1978 ) ...
... Museum , as Breuer knew well , is to be a startling contrast , a magnificent non sequitur like a John Cage silence , the Cattle- Prod , as well as Shock of the New . I M Pei's monumental East Wing of Washington's National Gallery ( 1978 ) ...
Page 115
... museums have not institutional- ised it already , or conversely why they have remained immured in a monosemantic type . 15 South elevation Generally speaking , the Mönchengladbach Museum devel- ops a typically Post - Modern space with ...
... museums have not institutional- ised it already , or conversely why they have remained immured in a monosemantic type . 15 South elevation Generally speaking , the Mönchengladbach Museum devel- ops a typically Post - Modern space with ...
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... museum would not be the finely tuned instrument that it is . The organisation of the collection and rooms , the variety of lighting systems , the ' syntax of options ' , were all worked out and discussed with him . If his influence can ...
... museum would not be the finely tuned instrument that it is . The organisation of the collection and rooms , the variety of lighting systems , the ' syntax of options ' , were all worked out and discussed with him . If his influence can ...
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