Two great and provocative books from Tom Wolfe!
The Painted WordFrom the fuliginous flatness of the fifties to the pop op minimal sixties, right on through the now-you-see-it-now-you-don't seventies, Tom Wolfe debunks the great American myth of modern art in an incandescent, hilarious and devastating blast.
The Painted Word is scandalous!
From Bauhouse to Our HouseHas there ever been a place on earth where so many people of wealth and power have paid for and put up with so much architecture they detested? -- Tom Wolfe
It all started 50 years ago with the Bauhaus Boys, whose international style of architecture made our office buildings into glass and steel boxes, our art galleries look like garages and our schools look like shopping centers!
From Bauhaus to Our House, is a search and destroy mission agains architectural pretensions... the major targets here are those American architects and corporate patrons who betrayed native tastes and traditions... a funny book...
CONDITION: Both used lightly in vg condition!
