Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993.
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| author | Nitzan-Shiftan, Alona |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/123772019-04-10T12:53:01Z Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem Nitzan-Shiftan, Alona Royston Landau. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture Architecture Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-186). This paper examines the creative persona of Erich Mendelsohn's seemingly incompatible bodies of architecture in Europe, Palestine and the U.S. The limits of existing formal analysis to explain his architectural shifts were the impetus for investigating the architectural position that facilitated not only Mendelsohn's iconic architecture in Germany, but its appropriation to Palestine as well. Beside his artistic ambiance, is also Mendelsohn's religious faith, national identity and political convictions. Mendelsohn was part of the Jewish post-assimilated generation in Germany - this experience is extended by Mendelsohn to the art of building, which was facilitated intellectually by Martin Buber's (early) teaching about the creative Jewish yearning for unity. The paper focus on how Mendelsohn's consistent architectural and political position discloses itself first in the industrial West (Germany), where it engaged the striving architectural debated of the period, and then in the Orient. In Palestine, where he took part in the "cultural Zionist" agenda, he remolded Modern Architecture into a non- Western country. by Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. M.S. 2005-08-15T23:10:32Z 2005-08-15T23:10:32Z 1993 1993 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12377 29246895 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 186 leaves 17371328 bytes 17371083 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 Nitzan-Shiftan, Alona Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title | Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title_full | Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title_fullStr | Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title_short | Erich Mendelsohn : from Berlin to Jerusalem |
| title_sort | erich mendelsohn from berlin to jerusalem |
| topic | Architecture Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 |
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