{"product_id":"arthur-brown-jr-progressive-classicist-classical-america-series-in-art-and-architecture-9780393731781","title":"Arthur Brown Jr.: Progressive Classicist (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Brown Jr. (1874-1957) is one of the most important  yet underpublished  architects of the twentieth century. Celebrated by his peers for such masterpieces as the City Hall  War Memorial Opera House  Temple Emanu-El  and Coit Tower in San Francisco; the Pasadena City Hall; and the Labor-ICC block of the Federal Triangle in Washington  DC  Brown epitomized the idea that architecture not only houses societys daily rituals and defining events but also can itself shape the sociopolitical landscape of America. Arthur Brown Jr.: Progressive Classicist  the first full study of Brown within his architectural and social context  unifies the varied strands of the architects life  from the architectural forms and methods of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris to the reforming spirit and self-reliant confidence of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906 to the challenging economics and changing aesthetics of machine-age America. It details the development of Browns major works and many other civic  commercial  religious  academic  and residential buildings. It chronicles his unflagging commitment to the classical tradition  which he employed in contemporary  forward-looking institutional buildings that emphasized continuity with the past while meeting the needs of the future. To Brown  the classical tradition was not a sacrosanct  unchanging body of knowledge; it was an expanding and evolving set of ideas about architectural design that permitted  and even demanded  change as new conditions and technologies were developed. Arthur Brown Jr. is a fascinating look at the man-captivated by the classical movement and obsessed with the slightest architectural detail-and at his buildings  at once canonical and inventive and singularly American. 30 color 200 b\/w photos\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651712213045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393731782","price":51.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393731781.jpg?v=1781838043","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/arthur-brown-jr-progressive-classicist-classical-america-series-in-art-and-architecture-9780393731781","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}