Research Catalog

Title

Ernst May 1886-1970 / herausgegeben von/edited by Claudia Quiring, Wolfgang Voigt, Peter Cachola Schmal, Eckhard Herrel ; mit Beiträgen von/with contributions by Helen Barr ... [et al. ; Übersetzung aus dem Deutschen/Translation from the German: Charles Heard ... et al. ; Übersetzung aus dem Englischen/Translation from the English: Bernd Weiss].

Publication

München ; New York : Prestel, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• May, Ernst, 1886-1970.
• Quiring, Claudia
• Voigt, Wolfgang, 1950-
• Schmal, Peter Cachola.
• Herrel, Eckhard.
• Barr, Helen (Art historian)
• Quiring, Claudia.
• Deutsches Architekturmuseum.
• Ernst-May-Gesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Description

334 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.

Summary

"This book provides an overview of the work of Ernst May, one of the outstanding figures of classic modernist architecture. Exhibition Itinerary: Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, July 27--November 13, 2011. This catalog accompanies the first exhibition dedicated to the entirety of May's work. It provides an overview of his most famous achievement, The New Frankfurt--a massive urban planning project which in the 1920s gave the city an unprecedented Modernist look and which provided thousands of ingeniously and economically designed apartments. In addition, the book presents in detail Ernst May's other architectural projects. It focuses on May's time in Silesia, the Soviet Union and Africa as well as his post-war return to Germany. It also sheds light on May's enormous impact on the fields of architecture and urban planning. The book's hundreds of illustrations include contemporary photographs, original drawings and plans, and images of models and completed projects. More than a dozen essays examine various aspects of May's work and life, and discuss the full range of his architectural oeuvre, presented in a comprehensive catalogue raisonée."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• May, Ernst, 1886-1970 > Criticism and interpretation
• May, Ernst, 1886-1970 > Exhibitions
• 1900-1999
• 1900-talet
• Architecture, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Architects > Germany

Genre/Form

• v – Exhibition catalogs.
• exhibition catalogs.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "[C]atalogue ... published on the occasion of the exhibition Ernst May (1886-1970) : new towns on three continents, 28 July-6 November 2011. Organized by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum Department of Culture and Science, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English and German.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• "Stete Reifung," Studienjahre, Villenbauten in Frankfurt und Kriegsgräber an der Front = "Constant maturing," student years, house-building in Frankfurt and war memorials on the front / Eckhard Herrel -- Ernst May und die Schlesische Heimstätte = Ernst May and the Schlesische Heimstätte / Beate Störtkuhl -- Das Neue Frankfurt, Wohnungsbau und Grossstadt, 1925-1930 = The New Frankfurt, housing construction and the city, 1925-1930 / Christoph Mohr -- Vögel und Fische versus Kartoffeln und Kohl : Max Bromme, Leberecht Migge und die Grünflächenplanung im Neuen Frankfurt = Birds and fishes versus potatoes and cabbages : Max Bromme and Leberecht Migge's attitudes towards green space planning in the New Frankfurt / David H. Haney -- Durch Mattscheie und Sucher, die Fotografinnen und Fotografen des Neuen Frankfurt = Through focusing screen and viewfinder, the photographers of the New Frankfurt / Michael Stöneberg --
• "Neben dem Inhalt ist auch die Form von Bedeutung" : Vom Gestalten einer Stadt : Das Neue Frankfurt = "Apart from the content, the form matters too" : on designing a city : the New Frankfurt / Helen Barr, Ulrike May -- Der Neue Mensch und der Alte Adam : Zum Menschenbild des Neuen Bauens = The new man and the old Adam : on the image of man and the new building / Wolfgang Pehnt -- May-Siedlungen, heute und morgen = May's Siedlungen, today and tomorrow / DW Dreysse -- Die fünf Wohnhäuser von Ernst May = Ernst May's five houses / Eckhard Herrel -- Vom, "Karpfenteich" zur, "Kaviargewöhnungskur," Einblicke in das Leben von Mays Mitarbeitern in Schlesien, Frankfurt und der Sowjetunion = From "Carp Pond" to "Getting accustomed to caviar," insights into the lives of May's employees in Silesia, Frankfurt, and the Soviet Union / Claudia Quiring --
• "Vielleicht die grösste Aufgage, die je einem Architekten gestellt wurde," Ernst May in der Sowjetunion (1930-1933) = "Possibly the greatest task an architect ever faced," Ernst May in the Soviet Union (1930-1933) / Thomas Flierl -- Das "Neue Afrika" = The "New Africa" / kai K. Gutschow -- "Aus einer Situation dad Bestmögliche zu machen," Ernst Mays Architektur und Städtebau nach 1954 = "Making the best of a situation," Ernst May's architecture and town planning after 1954 / Florian Seidel -- Stratege für die Neue Stadt : Ernst May auf drei Kontinenten = Strategist for the new city : Ernst May on three continents / Wolfgang Voigt.

ISBN

• 9783791351322
• 379135132X

OCLC

• 849656457
• SCSB-12684409

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library