First Modern: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

by Isaac Kornblatt-Stier, George E. Thomas, David R. Brigham

From the Crystal Palace to the skyscraper and on to the functional aesthetic of the German Bauhaus, the development of modern architecture required less than seven decades. Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts warrants a central place in this narrative. Unlike the earlier buildings that made fragmentary and disconnected use of the latest industrial materials and systems, the Academy project combined the critical elements of modern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0943836433
• ISBN13: 9780943836430
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.0" x 10.7"