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Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in Cali
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781477315293
- Book Title
- Banking on Beauty : Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Design, Art, Architecture, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Decorative Arts, History / General
- Item Width
- 8.3 in
- Item Weight
- 58.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Winner, Docomomo US Modernism in America Citation of Merit, 2018Winner, PROSE Award, Architecture and Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers (AAP), 2019 "I want buildings that will be exciting seventy-five years from now," financier Howard Ahmanson told visual artist Millard Sheets, offering him complete control of design, subject, decoration, and budget for his Home Savings and Loan branch offices. The partnership between Home Savings--for decades, the nation's largest savings and loan--and the Millard Sheets Studio produced more than 160 buildings in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri over the course of a quarter century. Adorned with murals, mosaics, stained glass, and sculptures, the Home Savings (and Savings of America) branches displayed a celebratory vision of community history and community values that garnered widespread acclaim. Banking on Beauty presents the first history of this remarkable building program. Drawing extensively on archival materials, site visits, and oral history interviews, Adam Arenson tells a fascinating story of how the architecture and art were created, the politics of where the branches were built, and why the Sheets Studio switched from portraying universal family scenes to celebrating local history amid the dramatic cultural and political changes of the 1960s. Combining urban history, business history, and art and architectural history, Banking on Beauty reveals how these institutions shaped the corporate and cultural landscapes of Southern California, where many of the branches were located. Richly illustrated and beautifully written, Banking on Beauty builds a convincing case for preserving these outstanding examples of Midcentury Modern architecture, which currently face an uncertain future.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
1477315292
ISBN-13
9781477315293
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239629570
Product Key Features
Book Title
Banking on Beauty : Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Decorative Arts, History / General
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Architecture, History
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Item Weight
58.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
N6537.S524a88 2018
Reviews
Arenson alternates between telling the story of, on the one hand, [Howard F.] Ahmanson and the growth of his savings and loan business, and, on the other hand, [Millard] Sheets and the development of his artistic practice, to great effect., Once upon a time, a visit to a department store or a branch bank was a chance to be inspired by fine artĶwaves of corporate takeovers doomed most of the art, but some remain, like the 1968 masterpiece at Sunset and Vine that's now a Chase bank. This richly illustrated book finally tells their story., [L]avishly illustratedĶIf you'd like to explore [Millard Sheets's art] yourself, you won't find a better guide than Arenson's Banking on Beauty .", Lovers of California art and architecture will swoon at the photos of the murals, statues and mosaics that Sheets designed for about 200 Home Savings and Loan branches between the 1960s and 1980s. . . . Banking on Beauty invites readers to remember a time when our captains of industry cared about public spaces as much as they did the bottom line Äî and it also challenges us to preserve those remaining buildings that possess Sheets originals., Banking on Beauty is a thoroughly researched and thought-provoking exploration of the distinctive Home Savings Bank branches designed by the Millard Sheets Studio... Banking on Beauty provides a compelling case for preserving these structures., [L]avishly illustrated...If you'd like to explore [Millard Sheets's art] yourself, you won't find a better guide than Arenson's Banking on Beauty .", Once upon a time, a visit to a department store or a branch bank was a chance to be inspired by fine art...waves of corporate takeovers doomed most of the art, but some remain, like the 1968 masterpiece at Sunset and Vine that's now a Chase bank. This richly illustrated book finally tells their story., This lavishly illustrated book by Adam Arenson offers an in-depth and insightful history of Millard Sheets...With almost 160 color plates, this beautiful book is a stunner that not only gives Sheets's lifework a place to shine but also offers an unusually rich study of the places, people, and events that shaped the artists creative vision over a fifty-year period., Lovers of California art and architecture will swoon at the photos of the murals, statues and mosaics that Sheets designed for about 200 Home Savings and Loan branches between the 1960s and 1980s. . . . Banking on Beauty invites readers to remember a time when our captains of industry cared about public spaces as much as they did the bottom line -- and it also challenges us to preserve those remaining buildings that possess Sheets originals.
Table of Content
Introduction: The Story, the Letter, the Building 1. Origins: Millard Sheets, Howard Ahmanson, and Architecture before the Letter 2. Creating the Millard Sheets Studio, Creating the Home Savings Style 3. Building New Places 4. Home Savings in Your Changing Community 5. Expansion and Change after Howard Ahmanson 6. Beyond Millard Sheets, Beyond California 7. Preservation after Home Savings Acknowledgments Appendix A: List of Sheets Studio Artists and Contractors and Home Savings Artists Appendix B: How the Sheets Studio Mosaics Were Made, by Brian Worley, Sheets Studio Artist List of Interviews and Archival Collections Consulted Notes Index
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2017-019607
Dewey Decimal
701/.03
Dewey Edition
23
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