Download or read book George Matei Cantacuzino written by Dan Teodorovici and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romanian cosmopolitan G.M. Cantacuzino (1899-1960) is one of the least known polymaths of the 20th century. In view of that age of extremes, both his "Classical attitude", which links Modernism to Tradition and aesthetics to ethics, and his intellectual integrity are quite remarkable. He was born in Vienna to aristocratic parents, and was educated in Switzerland, Bucharest, and Paris. Back in Bucharest, he was to become the unchallenged integrative figure of the moderate Modernism in Romania; he still is the most prolific architectural theorist of that country. He was also professor of architectural history and theory in Bucharest, painter and curator, the first Romanian correspondent of "LþArchitecture dþAujourdþhui", honorary corresponding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, honorary citizen of New York, and much more. With his liberal political attitude being disapproved of by both fascists and communists, he experienced imprisonment, social exclusion and an untimely death.
Download or read book Romanian Modernism written by Luminita Machedon and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern architecture flourished in Romania between the two World Wars, and is still visible as a neglected and almost forgotten past amid the contradictions of present day Bucharest. Much of the text is based on archival research in Bucharest.
Download or read book Dada and Its Later Manifestations in the Geographic Margins written by Ronit Milano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the unstudied geographic margins of Dada, delving into the roots of Dada in Israel, Romania, Poland, and North America. Contributors consider some of the practices and experiments that were conceived a century ago, surfaced in art throughout the twentieth century, and are still relevant today. Unearthing its Israeli origins, examining Dadaist expressions in Poland, and shedding light on overlooked facets of Dadaist art in Romania and North America, the authors cast a spotlight on the less-explored geographical peripheries of Dada. The book is organized around four thematic trajectories—space, language, materiality, and reception—which are dissected through the lens of micro-histories. Recognizing the continuing validity of questions raised by Dadaist artists, this volume argues that Dada persists as an ongoing endeavor—a continual reexamination of the fundamental tenets of art and its ever-evolving potential manifestations. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, modernism, and history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Download or read book History of Romanian Technology and Industry written by Dorel Banabic and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume showcases the valuable achievements of the Romanian technology and industry worldwide. It started from the premise that the history of Romanian technique is scarcely known outside the borders of Romania. The main Romanian contributions to the world’s technological heritage are missing, except for a few names in the field of aviation, from the great encyclopedias and dictionaries published worldwide. This is due, among other reasons, to the insufficient promotion in widely spoken languages of the history of Romanian technology. The multidisciplinary approach of the volumes means that the field of technology had to be split into several branches. The present volume includes the following industries: mining, metallurgy, oil, natural gas, machine building, agricultural machinery, military, textiles, and construction. Folk technology, the formation of the industrial system, and mechanics are tackled in separate chapters. For each field, are engaged the collaboration of authors who have already published a history of their field. Certain chapters were drafted with the aid of specialists who have played the part of policy makers in the elaboration of development strategies for Romania and who are familiar not only with the facts and the history of their field, but also with the ‘philosophy’ behind its development.
Download or read book Cannibalizing the Canon written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich, in-depth exploration of Dada’s roots in East-Central Europe is a vital addition to existing research on Dada and the avant-garde. Through deeply researched case studies and employing novel theoretical approaches, the volume rewrites the history of Dada as a story of cultural and political hybridity, border-crossings, transitions, and transgressions, across political, class and gender lines. Dismantling prevailing notions of Dada as a “Western” movement, the contributors to this volume present East-Central Europe as the locus of Dada activity and techniques. The articles explore how artists from the region pre-figured Dada as well as actively “cannibalized”, that is, reabsorbed and further hybridized, a range of avant-garde techniques, thus challenging “Western” cultural hegemony.
Download or read book The Forgiveness Project written by Marina Cantacuzino and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver Medal Winner in the Essays category of the 2015 Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards What is forgiveness? Are some acts unforgivable? Can forgiveness take the place of revenge? Powerful real-life stories from survivors and perpetrators of crime and violence reveal the true impact of forgiveness on ordinary people worldwide. Exploring forgiveness as an alternative to resentment or retaliation, the storytellers give an honest, moving account of their experiences and what part forgiveness has played in their lives. Despite extreme circumstances, their stories open the door to a society without revenge. All royalties from the sale of this book go to The Forgiveness Project charity.
Download or read book Rural and Urban Architecture Between Two Cultures written by Andrew Ballantyne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains essays that investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.
Download or read book The Fascist Faith of the Legion Archangel Michael in Romania 1927 1941 written by Constantin Iordachi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941 engages critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original theoretical and methodological approach to fascism as a political faith. On this basis, the book constructs an innovative comparative research framework for reconceptualizing the history of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941. It contends that the Legion put forward a palingenetic political faith of a theological type, called Legionarism. To provide a comprehensive analysis of the origins, main features, mechanisms of institutionalization, and demise of this self-proclaimed salvific political faith, the book documents the palingenetic foundations of the Legionary faith, the syncretism between fascist and Christian rites and rituals, and the intricate relationship between the Legion and the Orthodox Church and its dogma. The book documents three main sacrificial strategies employed by the Legion to "re-evangelize" the people in the new faith: (1) the appropriation of the cult of the fallen soldiers; (2) terrorist missions meant to create fascist heroes through violent sacrifice; and (3) sanctification through heroic fight for Christianity in the Spanish Civil War, in an attempt to link Legionarism with the transnational crusade against "Judeo-Bolshevism." As well as providing a detailed historical and interpretive account of the Legion, the book makes a significant contribution to debates about defining fascism and its relation to religion. It also provides novel comparative perspectives for studying other attempts at constructing fascist faiths in interwar Europe, most notably in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany but also in Central and Eastern Europe. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of fascism, Romanian studies, politics and religion, political theory, totalitarianism, youth radicalization, violence, and the emergence of terrorism.
Download or read book Saul Steinberg written by Deirdre Bair and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award winner Deirdre Bair, the definitive biography of Saul Steinberg, one of The New Yorker's most iconic artists. The issue date was March 29, 1976. The New Yorker cost 75 cents. And on the cover unfolded Saul Steinberg's vision of the world: New York City, the Hudson River, and then...well, it's really just a bunch of stuff you needn't concern yourself with. Steinberg's brilliant depiction of the world according to self-satisfied New Yorkers placed him squarely in the pantheon of the magazine's—and the era's—most celebrated artists. But if you look beyond the searing wit and stunning artistry, you'll find one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. Born in Romania, Steinberg was educated in Milan and was already famous for his satirical drawings when World War II forced him to immigrate to the United States. On a single day, Steinberg became a US citizen, a commissioned officer in the US Navy, and a member of the OSS, assigned to spy in China, North Africa, and Italy. After the war ended, he returned to America and to his art. He quickly gained entree into influential circles that included Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Willem de Kooning, and Le Corbusier. His wife was the artist Hedda Sterne, from whom he separated in 1960 but never divorced and with whom he remained in daily contact for the rest of his life. This conveniently freed him up to amass a coterie of young mistresses and lovers. But his truly great love was the United States, where he traveled extensively by bus, train, and car, drawing, observing, and writing. His body of work is staggering and influential in ways we may not yet even be able to fully grasp, quite possibly because there has not been a full-scale biography of him until now. Deirdre Bair had access to 177 boxes of documents and more than 400 drawings. In addition, she conducted several hundred personal interviews. Steinberg's curious talent for creating myths about himself did not make her job an easy one, but the result is a stunning achievement to admire and enjoy. The electronic version of this title does not contain the 35 Saul Steinberg illustrations that are available in the print edition.
Download or read book ICAR 2015 ABSTRACTS written by Andra PANAIT and published by Editura Universitara Ion Mincu, Bucuresti / Ion Mincu University Publishing House, Bucharest. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Conference on Architectural Research - ICAR 2015 RESEARCH THROUGH ARCHITECTURE ISSN 2393 - 4433 ISSN-L 2393 - 4433 Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României Re[search] through architecture / ed.: conferenţiar dr. arh. Andra Panait. - Bucureşti : Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”, 2015. – (International Conference on Architectural Research - ICAR 2015, ISSN 2393-4433, ISSN L-2393-4433) ISBN 978-606-638-112-3 I. Panait, Andra (ed.) 72 Graphic design: Andra Panait We acknowledge the help in preparing this volume to the following peoples: assoc.prof. Daniel Comşa, Arch.PhD; assoc.prof. Elena-Codina Duşoiu, arch.PhD; assoc.prof. Francoise Pamfil, arch.PhD; lecturer Marina Mihăilă, Arch.PhD; assist. Daniel ARMENCIU, Arch.PhD, assist. Oana DIACONESCU, Arch.PhD; assist. Mihaela ZAMFIR, Arch.PhD; assist. Raluca BOROŞ, Arch.PhD student. © “Ion Mincu” Publishing House Bucharest Introduction Under the title theme Re[Search] through Architecture, ICAR 2015 proposes a debate of the subject defining some new principles of nowadays architectural design. In the XXI-st century, in searching of a “style”, after Postmodernism, it is considered that new architecture based on algorithms and parameters may offer new senses of space continuity and legibility. In opposite, the contextualist and phenomenologist movements consider this approach as a formal and fragile tendency, culturally un-sustained and which won’t prove its consistence in time as utopist and futurist did. Topics like new avant-garde movement, stylistic searching, anachronistically architecture, space continuities and correspondences, lived architecture or experimental manifesto projects, the evolving of geometries, urban continuities or classical defragmentation, functional zoning, social impact scenarios, space formalization, aesthetic and symbolic design values, authentically or new built archaeology, sustainable design etc. will be presented and debated under three main sections: Traditional versus Computational, Innovation and Experiment, Archive – Utopia – Events. Built / Unbuilt. Assoc.Prof. Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania COMMITTEES General Chair Assoc.Prof. Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Local arrange chair Assoc.Prof. Daniel COMŞA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Visual Identity, Publications Coordinator Assoc.Prof. Andra PANAIT, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania SECTIONS 1. Traditional versus Computational Chair: Assoc.Prof. Elena Codina DUŞOIU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest Assistant chair: Assist.Prof. Oana DIACONESCU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest 2. Innovation and Experiment Chair: Assoc.Prof. Françoise PAMFIL, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest Assistant chair: Lecturer Marina MIHĂILĂ, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest 3. Archive – Utopia – Events. Built / Unbuilt Chair: Assoc.Prof. Daniel COMŞA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest Assistant chair: Assist.Prof. Mihaela ZAMFIR, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Assist.Prof. Daniel ARMENCIU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest Assist.Prof. Raluca BOROŞ, Arch, PhD student, UAUIM, Bucharest SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Prof. Byeong-Joon KANG, Arch, PhD, INJE University -Ghimbae, South Corea Assoc.Prof. João MENEZES DE SEQUEIRA, Arch, Head of Architectural Department, Ulusofona, Lisbon, Portugal Prof. Antonino SAGGIO, Arch, PhD, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Assoc.Prof. Maria VOYATZAKI, Arch, PhD, School of Architecture of Aristotle Univer¬sity of Thessaloniki, Greece Assoc.Prof. Cosmin CACIUC, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Daniel COMŞA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Codina DUŞOIU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Cristina ENACHE, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Ştefan GHENCIULESCU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Celia GHYKA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Prof. Augustin IOAN, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Zina MACRI, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Anca MITRACHE, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Françoise PAMFIL, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Gabriel PASCARIU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Alexandru PETRIŞOR, Ecol., PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Monica RĂDULESCU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Assoc.Prof. Claudiu RUNCEANU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Prof. Ana Maria ZAHARIADE, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Juan P. HINESTROZA, Assoc.Prof., Director of The Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory, College of Human Ecology of Cornell University, USA. Karin HOFERT FEIX, Arch., Profesor Titular E.U., Department of Architectural Design, Barcelona School of Architecture ETSAB, Politechnical University of Catalunya UPC, Spain Romolo MARTEMUCCI, Arch., PhD, Professor of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Director of Pennsylvania State University - Sede di Roma; President of Pantheon Institute, Rome; President of Accademia Adrianea di Architettura e Archeologia, Rome, Italy João MENEZES DE SEQUEIRA, Arch, PhD, MsC, Assoc.Prof., Head of Architectural Department, Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal Zuhal ULUSOY, Arch., PhD, Professor, Dean of Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey Maria VOYATZAKI, Arch, PhD, Assoc.Prof., School of Architecture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Download or read book Bulgaria Hungary Romania the Czech Republic and Slovakia written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britanncia Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia share a remarkably similar trajectory on their individual paths to becoming the nations they are today. Each had ties to the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires in earlier times, all became Eastern-bloc countries in the 20th century, and all successfully emerged from Communist rule in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These multi-layered landswhere folk traditions still exist alongside the hallmarks of modern life and the remnants of communist ruleare the subjects of this sweeping tome.
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Download or read book Dracula s Bloodline written by Radu R. Florescu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing book tells the story of the Florescu family, from its feudal blood ties, to the notorious 15th century figure Vlad Tepes (Count Dracula), right up to present day, touching on such diverse personalities as the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, and Michael Jackson. In the tradition of Alex Haley’s Roots, Dracula’s Bloodline relates a multi-generational saga through the prism of one family’s narrative, from medieval Eastern Europe to the post-Communist era. The book provides an inside look at Romania’s bloody and turbulent history—a mostly untold narrative that embraces the cruel Ottoman invasions, vying boyars seeking to change the political order at home, and the toppling of the Ceausescu regime. The story of each century is told through the eyes of one Florescu (or more) who had a unique perch from which to view his or her contemporary society. Florescu and Cazacu drew on research that had mostly been kept in family hands. To track the Florescu footprint down through the centuries since the 1400s, they used many sources: the Brasov archives in Transylvania, select letters, unpublished diaries, and extensive family documents that have been scattered from Europe to the United States. This fully indexed book offers many photographs from family archives, as well as a glossary of terms and titles, and a full genealogy showing the Florescu’s family links to Vlad Tepes.
Download or read book Moderne in Bukarest written by Ana Gabriela Castello Branco dos Santos and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Art and Design in Romania 1866 1927 written by Shona Kallestrup and published by East European Monographs. This book was released on 2006 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the development of a national identity in Romanian art, architecture, and design at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. This work draws on materials, which highlight the international significance of Romanian artists.
Download or read book People of Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
