Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist Globalization - Leslie Sklair
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The Icon Project argues that the transnational capitalist class mobilizes two forms of iconic architecture ¿ unique icons recognized as works of art, notably designed by global starchitects (such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid); and typical icons copying elements of unique icons ¿ to promote the same ideological message: the culture-ideology of consumerism.
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The Icon Project argues that the transnational capitalist class mobilizes two forms of iconic architecture ¿ unique icons recognized as works of art, notably designed by global starchitects (such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid); and typical icons copying elements of unique icons ¿ to promote the same ideological message: the culture-ideology of consumerism.
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| Author | Leslie Sklair |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Release year | 2017 |
| Cover type | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9780190464189 |