The beehive metaphor : (Record no. 352657)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1861890567 (paperback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781861890566 (paperback)
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 720.1
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ramirez, Juan.
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245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The beehive metaphor :
Remainder of title from gaudi to le corbusier /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Juan Ramirez.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Reaktion Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2000.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 224 p. :
Other physical details ill.;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Since time immemorial, bees have been associated with all manner of virtues. The beehive has served as the model for an ideal society, while honey and wax have provided the basis for countless positive metaphors of sweetness and productivity. The natural architecture created by bees in their hives can be said to approach perfection. In The Beehive Metaphor , Juan Antonio Ramírez shows how this lucid modular structure had a considerable influence on the architects and artists who founded the Modern movement. Models from both traditional and "modern" or "rational" apiculture were studied and reinterpreted by such key figures as Gaudí, Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Beuys.Inspired by his own father's obsession with bee-keeping – which wiped out the family's fortune – Ramírez examines the complex ideological, political and artistic repercussions of apian metaphors, thereby enhancing our understanding of the relationship between ecology, animal husbandry and archite
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture
General subdivision Philosophy
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650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture, Modern
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650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Honeycomb structures
General subdivision Art
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Institution code [OBSOLETE] SADA
Koha item type Book
Call number prefix 720.1 RAM 2000
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          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 02/11/2011   720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000618 08/05/2011 01 08/05/2011 Book    
          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 03/24/2011 1 720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000684 05/22/2012 03 08/05/2011 Book 2 04/27/2012
          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 03/24/2011   720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000683 08/05/2011 02 08/05/2011 Book    
          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 03/24/2011   720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000685 08/05/2011 04 08/05/2011 Book    
          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 03/24/2011   720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000686 08/05/2011 05 08/05/2011 Book    
          School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) School of Art Design and Architecture (SADA) 03/24/2011 1 720.1 RAM 2000 SADA0000687 04/11/2012 06 08/05/2011 Book   04/10/2012
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