Dodds, George, 1958-

Building desire : on the Barcelona Pavilion. / txt George Dodds. - xiii, 168 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 26 cm. book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-160) and index.

Chapter 1. Mies as Media --
A Galaxy of Words/A Paucity of Images --
Building as Biography --
Pictures at an Exhibition --
A Cannon of Photographs: The Berliner Bild-Bericht Prints --
Iconography and Iconology --
Lead, Silver, and Gold --
Chapter 2. An Other Kind of Fame/Another Half-dimension --
Surface and Desire --
Buildings and Photographs of Buildings --
Documentation and Depiction --
Sky and Mirror --
Desire and Dreams --
Bodies and Light --
Chapter 3. Weltbild and Bildwelt/Truth and Fact: --
Picturing the Barcelona Pavilion in "The Age of Show" --
Weltbild and Bildwelt --
Raw and Cooked --
What is Missing from this Picture? --
The Red Curtain --
Truth and Fact --

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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 --Criticism and interpretation.


Pabellón Mies van der Rohe.


Exposición Internacional de Barcelona (1929-1930) --Buildings.


Pavilions--Spain--Barcelona.
Architectural photography--Spain--Barcelona.
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Spain--Barcelona.


Barcelona (Spain)--Buildings, structures, etc.

NA6750.B3 / P334 2005

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