Book, Architecture and Judaism: Mendelsohn[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. Bruno Zevi (Pomegranate: 1918-2000), architect, graduated from Harvard's School of Design, then directed by Walter Gropius, anti-fascist fighter and militant socialist, published books on architecture of international scope, as well as fundamental texts in the field. Architecture and Judaism: Mendelsohn, written by him, which Editora Perspectiva publishes in the collection Estudos, brings together the major themes of this author's thought.. The first part of the volume discusses the existence of Jewish art and culture in the Diaspora, highlighting within its scope traits and impulses capable of flourishing in the cultural production of other human groups and, even more so, universally, due to its ethical and humanist character.; the second section analyzes the trajectory of the Jewish-German architect Erich Mendelsohn, who was among the most important names in the art of architecture, particularly in its expressionist manifestation in the Weimar Republic, having been, due to his originality and projective power, a source of inspiration for new generations who continue to find a rich harvest of suggestions in imaginary architectural projects to erect buildings energized by light and implemented in a seamless continuity between construction and landscape.. This is therefore an essential reading book, for what it teaches and encourages, for architects, urban planners and all those interested in an architectural discourse that values human rights and the freedom to build and construct oneself as a way of living and integrating into the nature of man and his environment.