Mediterranean Crossroads: Marseille and Modern Architecture
Author: Sheila Crane
Format: Paperback, 178mm x 254mm, 376 pages
Published: University of Minnesota Press, United States, 2011
Drawing together a cast of world-renowned architects, photographers, and cultural theorists Mediterranean Crossroads examines how mythic ideas about Marseille helped to shape its urban landscape. Tracing successive planning proposals in tandem with shifting representations of the city in photographs, film, guidebooks, and postcards, Sheila Crane reconstructs the history and politics of architecture in Marseille from the 1920s through the years of rebuilding after World War II.
Sheila Crane is assistant professor of architectural history at the University of Virginia.
Author: Sheila Crane
Format: Paperback, 178mm x 254mm, 376 pages
Published: University of Minnesota Press, United States, 2011
Drawing together a cast of world-renowned architects, photographers, and cultural theorists Mediterranean Crossroads examines how mythic ideas about Marseille helped to shape its urban landscape. Tracing successive planning proposals in tandem with shifting representations of the city in photographs, film, guidebooks, and postcards, Sheila Crane reconstructs the history and politics of architecture in Marseille from the 1920s through the years of rebuilding after World War II.
Sheila Crane is assistant professor of architectural history at the University of Virginia.