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Grain Elevators by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger soft cover
Grain Elevators by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger soft cover
Grain Elevators
Lisa Mahar-Keplinger
Soft Cover Many photos and illustrations
85 Pages
Copyright 1993
Contents
Timeless Cathedrals by Aldo Rossi7
The Grain Elevator Observed8
The Rural Elevator12
The Urban Elevator13
The Wood Rural Elevator17
The Brick, Tile, and Steel Rural Elevators 31
The Concrete Rural Elevator37
Town Planning45
The Wood Urban Elevator55
The Brick, Tile, and Steel Urban Elevators59
The Concrete Urban Elevator69
City Planning79
Publisher's Afterword 83
Bibliography 84
Photography Credits84
Acknowledgments 85
As a building type, both rural and urban, the grain elevator has provided a source of inspiration for architects and artists alike. From the European architects who first noticed them at the turn of the century to the generations of American artists who still document them, all have continued to renew the meaning of the elevator through their work. American artists, in particular, developed a certain way in which they recorded the elevator. They emphasized the elevator's context, whether rural farmland or urban industrial landscape, and its identity as an American object, thereby setting themselves apart from the Europeans who were interested primarily in the building's forma quality that transcends cultural boundaries. Both groups of artists, however, strove to extract the spiritual essence of the grain elevator, without altering its integrity as an object, and transformed it from a common vernacular structure to a building of iconic stature. Their work shows us that the grain elevator, although perceived as an industrial object, is intimately connected with the land and the cycles of nature.
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