HISTORY OF ART 282: Modern Architecture
BOOK LIST -- Spring 1999

Prof. David B. Brownlee
TA: Rachel Iannacone


Tim and Charlotte Benton. Architecture and Design, 1890-1939: An International Anthology of Original Articles. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1975.

*Peter Blake. The Master Builders. New York: Norton, 1976.

*Ulrich Conrads. Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-century Architecture. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1975.

*William Curtis. Modern Architecture Since 1900. 3rd edition. New York: Prentice Hall, 1996.

*Le Corbusier. Towards a New Architecture. Reprint. New York: Dover, 1986.

*Nikolaus Pevsner. Pioneers of Modern Design. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.

*Vincent Scully. American Architecture and Urbanism. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.

*Louis Sullivan. Kindergarten Chats. Reprint. New York: Dover, 1979.

*Robert Venturi, et al. Learning from Las Vegas. Revised edition. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1977.

Frank Lloyd Wright. "The Art and Craft of the Machine," [1901] in Writings and Buildings, Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn (eds.) New York: Horizon, 1960. Pp. 55-73.

All books are on reserve at the Fischer Fine Arts Library in the Furness Building. Those marked with an asterisk are available for purchase at the Pennsylvania Book Center, in their new location on 34th Street.

Consult the READINGS sheet for weekly page assignments.

Updated March 2, 1999