Modernity and early culture
Reconsidering non western references for modern architecture in a cross-cultural perspective
Published on Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Abstract
Announcement
Paris, Centre allemand d'histoire de l'art
Program
conference language: English
Friday, 15. 10. 2004
14.00h Welcoming
Thomas W. Gaehtgens, directeur centre allemand d’ histoire de l’art
Introduction Bernd Nicolai/Jorge Liernur/Luis Carranza
Reading and misreading of Early Cultures
14.30h Werner Oechslin: Some Egyptian ideas
and cultural stereotypes – and modern art and architecture
15.30h Luis Carranza: (Mis)readings of
ancient history and culture in modern North America
coffee-break
17.00h Nabir Oulebsir: Colonial Exhibitions
and Post-Colonial aspects in French architecture of the early 20th century
18.00h Christian Freigang: Classics vs.
Anti-Classics, national tradition vs. foreign influence. – Dualistic world
order and architectural discourse at the beginning of French Modernism
discussion
Saturday 16. 10. 2004
Discourses in intercultural perspective
10.00 h Bernd Nicolai: Paul Westheim and the
discourse on archaic abstract architecture
11.00 h Jorge Liernur: The South American
response. Westheim, Cetto facing Pre-Columbian Architecture
lunch
Pergamon and(Neo) Babylon
14.00h Johannes Cramer: Re)-Building the
past. Walter Andrae, Mesopotamia and the Berlin architecture
15.00h Can Bilsel: The Orient as a Total Work
of Art: The Near Eastern Museum, German Ideology and Figures of
Counter-Enlightenment in Berlin 1928-30
coffee-break
Early cultures and nation-building
16.30h Anna Minta: “Ancient Hebrew”. A model
for rebuilding the New Jewish Nation.
concluding discussion-round table
19.00h end of the conference
Subjects
- Modern (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
Places
- Paris, France
Date(s)
- Friday, October 15, 2004
Contact(s)
- Gabriela Reuss
courriel : contact [at] dt-forum [dot] org
Information source
- Gabriela Reuss
courriel : contact [at] dt-forum [dot] org
License
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To cite this announcement
« Modernity and early culture », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, October 05, 2004, https://doi.org/10.58079/9c4
