Modernism and American mid-20th century sacred architecture

By:

Geva, Anat Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Routledge 2019Description: xix,315pISBN:

9781138062818

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

726 GEV

Contents:

Contents List of figures ix List of contributors xvii Acknowledgments xx Introduction: the sacred space 1 Anat Geva PART I Modernists and sacred architecture 13 1 Minimal ritual: Mies van der Rohe's Chapel of St. Savior, 1952 Ross Anderson 15 2 Religious freedom and architectural ambition at Vassar College, 1945-54 31 Lindsay Cook 3 Tuskegee University's second chapel: a departure and a Continuation 51 Arthur J. Clement and Roderick D. Fluker PART II The parabola, concrete, and modern sacred architecture 71 4 Bold modern form: the parabola and St. Louis's sacred buildings Mary Reid Brunstrom 73 5 The structural modeling and design of St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, 1963-71 93 Gabriele Neri 6 Charles Haertling's St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Northglenn, Colorado, 1963-64 113 Heather Seniff 7 A monumental absence: Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building, 1965 (demolished 1986) 132 Scott Murray PART Ill Denominations, identity, and modern sacred architecture 153 8 Creating sacred spaces in the suburbs: Roman Catholic architecture in post-war Los Angeles, 1948-76 155 Michael J. Gibson 9 Critiquing modernism: the unorthodox Orthodox, 1950s-60s 175 Dean G. Lampros 10 ]. Eugene Wukasch and mid-century Lutheran architecture in Texas, 1950-70 194 jason john Paul Haskins 11 The nexus between Lithuanian vernacular and American modernism 214 Milda B. Richardson PART IV Modern interiors and liturgical fittings 233 12 Seeing, not knowing: symbolism, art, and "opticalism" in mid-century American religious architecture 235 jeremy Kargon 13 The sanctuary wall: Unitarian rationalism illuminated 255 Ann Marie Borys 14 Tradition and transcendence: Eero Saarinen's MIT Chapel and the nondenominational ideal 275 joseph M. Siry Epilogue 296 Phillip James Tabb Index 304

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Contents
List of figures ix
List of contributors xvii
Acknowledgments xx
Introduction: the sacred space 1
Anat Geva
PART I
Modernists and sacred architecture 13
1 Minimal ritual: Mies van der Rohe's Chapel of St. Savior, 1952
Ross Anderson 15
2 Religious freedom and architectural ambition at Vassar College,
1945-54 31
Lindsay Cook
3 Tuskegee University's second chapel: a departure and a
Continuation 51
Arthur J. Clement and Roderick D. Fluker
PART II
The parabola, concrete, and modern sacred architecture 71
4 Bold modern form: the parabola and St. Louis's sacred buildings
Mary Reid Brunstrom 73
5 The structural modeling and design of St. Mary's Cathedral,
San Francisco, 1963-71 93
Gabriele Neri
6 Charles Haertling's St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Northglenn,
Colorado, 1963-64 113
Heather Seniff
7 A monumental absence: Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building,
1965 (demolished 1986) 132
Scott Murray
PART Ill
Denominations, identity, and modern sacred architecture 153
8 Creating sacred spaces in the suburbs: Roman Catholic architecture
in post-war Los Angeles, 1948-76 155
Michael J. Gibson
9 Critiquing modernism: the unorthodox Orthodox, 1950s-60s 175
Dean G. Lampros
10 ]. Eugene Wukasch and mid-century Lutheran architecture
in Texas, 1950-70 194
jason john Paul Haskins
11 The nexus between Lithuanian vernacular and American modernism 214
Milda B. Richardson
PART IV
Modern interiors and liturgical fittings 233
12 Seeing, not knowing: symbolism, art, and "opticalism" in
mid-century American religious architecture 235
jeremy Kargon
13 The sanctuary wall: Unitarian rationalism illuminated 255
Ann Marie Borys
14 Tradition and transcendence: Eero Saarinen's MIT Chapel and
the nondenominational ideal 275
joseph M. Siry
Epilogue 296
Phillip James Tabb
Index 304

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