“Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century exponents of prefabrication were certain it would supplant age-old traditions of individualized design and handcrafted construction. The building art would be revolutionized by freeing designers and construction workers from repetitive tasks, and democratized by making high-style architecture more affordable.” ArtWould BeAgeCertainCenturyStyleDesignBuildingTraditionTasksWorkersArchitectureDesignerConstructionTwentieth CenturyAffordableRepetitiveExponentsConstruction WorkersOld TraditionsHandcrafted Author:Martin Filler
“The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative.” FirstsSelfMightAgeHalfQualityKnowingDefined1960sNonchalant Author:Martin Filler
“One of the Age of Enlightenment's most hypnotic images is Ledoux's rendering of his neoclassical theater of 1775 - 1784 in Besancon, surreally reflected in the colossal eye of an unidentified cosmic being.” EyeAgeEnlightenmentTheaterCosmicRenderingColossalHypnoticAge Of Enlightenment Book:Makers of Modern Architecture Source: Makers of Modern Architecture
“The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us to see the world afresh; and the revered sage who shows us depths of insight attainable only through a lifetime of hard-won experience.” WorldHardShowsAgeArtistForceCreativeYouthDependsGeniusLifetimeDepthInsightMythologyOld AgeBelovedStereotypeSageMisunderstoodYouth And Old AgeCreative GeniusUpstart Author:Martin Filler
