Art in relation to architecture, The: Architecture in relation to art

Like the functionalist architecture of the International Style, the minimalist art and conceptual art of the cada of the 1960s seemed to claim autonomy from a l surrounding social environment. It only represented itself as si a structurally self-referential factual language. He deliberately sought to suppress both inner (illusionist) and outer (figurative) relations in order to achieve a zero degree of signification (...). MIES van der Rohe's classicism was based on an apparent honesty of materials coupled with an idealised, 'universal' and highly abstract notion of space. These modern buildings soon became popular containers for the branches of international corporate offices (multinationals) in the capitals of the 'm on free' .63 p.: 16.5 x 12 cm, paperback