Modernity and Early Cultures

Anna Minta is Assistant Professor of Architectural History and Preservation at Bern University, Department of Art History. Her research concentrates on architecture and political representation in the 19th and 20th century in Europe, Israel and the United States. In 2004 she published Israel Bauen. Architektur, Städtebau und Denkmalpolitik nach der Staatsgründung 1948.Bernd Nicolai is Professor of Architectural History and Preservation at Bern University, Department of Art History. His research focuses on art and architecture in the middle ages and the development after the industrial revolution. Among numerous articles on architecture and cultural transfer he published Moderne und Exil, Deutschsprachige Architekten in der Türkei 1925-1955 (1998).

• Contents: Thomas W. Gaehtgens: Introduction – Bernd Nicolai/Luis E. Carranza: Modernity and Early Cultures - an outline – Can Bilsel: Architecture in the Museum: Theodor Wiegand and the Reproduction of Antiquity in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum – Johannes Cramer: Rebuilding the Past. The Mesopotamia of Robert Koldewey and Walter Andrae and the Berlin Architecture in the Twenties – Anna Minta: «Gebautes und Gottgeschaffenes». Vorstellungen vom Orient und einem biblischen Hebräertum in der jüdischen Architektur in Palästina – Christian Freigang: Klassik vs. Antiklassik: Zur Rezeption von nichtwestlichen Kulturen in den französischen Architekturdebatten im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts – Maria P. Gindhart: Primitive Decoration: Belle Époque Sculpture Programs for Parisian Scientific Institutions – Bernd Nicolai: «Gegenstandslose Architektur». Außereuropäische Hochkulturen im Diskurs der beginnenden klassischen Moderne – Luis E. Carranza: (Mis)readings of Ancient History and Culture in Modern North America – Jorge Francisco Liernur: Native-American Cultures and the Construction of Modern European Architectural Imaginary. Notes for a Preliminary Approach.