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100	1		_aMorshed, Adnan. _921919
245	1	0	_aImpossible heights : _bskyscrapers, flight and the master builder / _cAdnan Morshed.
260			_aMinneapolis : _bUniversity of Minnesota Press, _c2015
300			_axi, 291 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c27 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : The Aesthetics of Ascension -- Hugh Ferriss and the "Harmonious Development of Man" -- Ascension as Autobiography : Buckminster Fuller and His "Land to Sky, Outward Progression" -- The Master Builder as Superman : Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama -- Epilogue : The God's-Eye Vision.
520			_a" The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and '30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heights, Adnan Morshed examines the aesthetics that emerged from this valorization of heights and their impact on the built environment. The lofty vantage point from the sky ushered in a modernist impulse to cleanse crowded twentieth-century cities in anticipation of an ideal world of tomorrow. Inspired by great new heights, American architects became central to this endeavor and were regarded as heroic aviators. Combining close readings of a broad range of archival sources, Morshed offers new interpretations of works such as Hugh Ferriss's Metropolis drawings, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion houses, and Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Transformed by the populist imagination into "master builders," these designers helped produce a new form of visuality: the aesthetics of ascension. By demonstrating how aerial movement and height intersect with popular "superman" discourses of the time, Morshed reveals the relationship between architecture, art, science, and interwar pop culture. Featuring a marvelous array of never before published illustrations, this richly textured study of utopian imaginings illustrates America's propulsion into a new cultural consciousness. "--
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650		0	_aArchitecture and society _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _921920
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _921921
650		0	_aArchitecture, Modern _y20th century _xPhilosophy. _921922
650		0	_aAeronautics and civilization. _921923
650		0	_aArchitecture _942653
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