Supermannerism: New Attitudes in Post-Modern Architecture (E.P. Dutton, 1977) by C. Ray Smith looks at the contextual background of new-wave architecture of the 1960s–70s.
Supermannerism is concerned with the new attitudes that provide the contextual background of design and architecture in America today. it is the first book about the revolution against the style called ‘modern’ and the development of the current period in architecture and design that is now more and more being called ‘Post-modern.’
Supermannerism catalogues the beginnings of this movement – a period from about 1960 to 1970 – its protagonists and their works, their educations and inspirations, and their influences on students and their works. it outlines the new attitudes that many diverse architects and designers shared in opposition to the Modernists. Among these attitudes are: ambiguity and disorientation; wit and whimsy; the pop acceptance of symbols; historicism and decoration; superimposition and layering; and adaptability and open-endedness.
– C. Ray Smith, Supermannerism: New Attitudes in Post-Modern Architecture (E.P. Dutton, 1977), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English. The book is illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy in stock is still in usable condition. The pages are clean, no markings except for the previous owner’s signature on the back of the front cover. The glueing of the binding is broken and some pages are detached. The covers show signs of shelf wear and use. There is an old price sticker glued around the spine.
