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100 _aGeva, Anat Ed.
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245 0 0 _aModernism and American mid-20th century sacred architecture
260 _aNew York
_bRoutledge
_c2019
300 _axix,315p.
505 _aContents 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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