Formalism Architecture (Volume 1 of the Series on Modern Architectural Trends)

Author: Wang Jianghua
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book delves into the intrinsic theoretical roots of the transformation and development of architectural forms within the Modernist architectural movement from the perspectives of modern aesthetics and literary theory. Formalist literary theory originated in the first decade of the 20th century. This literary trend not only profoundly influenced the abstract, non-representational Modernist art movement but also directly propelled the emergence and evolution of structuralism and semiotic aesthetics. It also guided modern architecture onto a path of formal self-awareness. The article subsequently explores the "formal structural" literary theory lineage that traces from "Russian Formalism" to "French Structuralism" to "American Semiotics." Finally, it introduces the shift and expression in contemporary architectural aesthetics and the trends in formal aesthetics of contemporary architecture in China.