Behind the Glass: The Villa Tugendhat and Its Family
Part family history, part memoir, Behind the Glass tells the story behind the famous Villa Tugendhat.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lambek, Michael, 1950-, Behind the glass : the Villa Tugendhat and its family] (2024) (Brandel, Andrew)
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781487542191 |
| Summary: | Part family history, part memoir, Behind the Glass tells the story behind the famous Villa Tugendhat. Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- PART I: House and Family -- Chapter One: People Who Live in Glass Houses -- Chapter Two: Writing the Family -- PART II: Family and Firm -- Chapter Three: Before Löw-Beers -- Chapter Four: Founding the Firm -- Chapter Five: The Patriarch and His Siblings -- Chapter Six: The Wiedmann Sisters -- Chapter Seven: The Double Cousins, before the War -- Chapter Eight: Departures and After -- Chapter Nine: The Patriarch's Son -- PART III: Grete and Her World -- Chapter Ten: Grete and Her Family, in Former Times -- Chapter Eleven: Grete and Her Family, the War Years -- Chapter Twelve: Grete and Her Family, after the War -- Chapter Thirteen: The Philosophers: Helene Weiss, Käte Victorius, Ernst Tugendhat, Martin Heidegger -- Chapter Fourteen: Tugendhat, after Heidegger -- PART IV: The Family Regrouped and Represented -- Chapter Fifteen: The Reunion -- Chapter Sixteen: Reconciliations in Brno -- Chapter Seventeen: Looking Back: Conundrums of Identity and Representation -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Notes -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1487542224 |