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The reactionary avant-garde
The epitome of a contradiction in terms, the idea of a reactionary avant-garde is a most appropriate description of what the theorist Nikos Salingaros calls the “cult” of modern architecture. Charles Siegel uses the term in the title of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Siegel, Congress for the New Urbanism, Nikos Salingaros, Quinlan Terry, Richmond Riverside, Rob Steuteville, The Humanists versus the Reactionary Avant-Garde, The Public Square
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Heinrich Kley’s “Road Rage”
The sketch above, “Gasoline Stallion,” which these days might be renamed “Road Rage,” is one of my favorites by Heinrich Kley (1863-1945), the German illustrator. It was probably drawn early in the 20th century, when automobiles were beginning to overtake … Continue reading
