The Architecture of Humanism - A Study in the History of TasteRead Books Ltd, 31.05.2013 - 274 Seiten The Architecture of Humanism offers a brilliant analysis of the theories and ideas behind much of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture. It discusses the classical tradition as reflected in the architecture of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and the role given the human body in that tradition. It is recommended reading for all architecture students, and essential for those interested in the revival of classical architecture. |
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... art could be made convincing, or even clear, to any one not already persuaded of its truth. There may, at the present time, be a lack of architectural taste: there is, unfortuately, no lack of architectural opinion. Architecture, it is ...
... art could be made convincing, or even clear, to any one not already persuaded of its truth. There may, at the present time, be a lack of architectural taste: there is, unfortuately, no lack of architectural opinion. Architecture, it is ...
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Geoffrey Scott. virtue of which architecture becomes art. It is a separate instinct. Sometimes it will borrow a suggestion from the laws of firmness or commodity; sometimes it will run counter to them, or be offended by the forms they ...
Geoffrey Scott. virtue of which architecture becomes art. It is a separate instinct. Sometimes it will borrow a suggestion from the laws of firmness or commodity; sometimes it will run counter to them, or be offended by the forms they ...
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... architect and that of the critic are here essentially different. The work of the ... architectural taste. Good design in architecture, it will say, should ... art and the enjoyment of art continue in the condemned paths undismayed; and ...
... architect and that of the critic are here essentially different. The work of the ... architectural taste. Good design in architecture, it will say, should ... art and the enjoyment of art continue in the condemned paths undismayed; and ...
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Geoffrey Scott. architectural tradition is to be recognised, and some estimate ... art. Here, however, is the true core of the difficulty. The science, and the ... architectural beauty have proved their case, enjoyed their vogue, provoked ...
Geoffrey Scott. architectural tradition is to be recognised, and some estimate ... art. Here, however, is the true core of the difficulty. The science, and the ... architectural beauty have proved their case, enjoyed their vogue, provoked ...
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... art more diverse. For to consistency the Renaissance, with all its theories, was vitally indifferent. Its energy is at every moment so intense that the forms, not of architecture alone, but of every material object of common use, are ...
... art more diverse. For to consistency the Renaissance, with all its theories, was vitally indifferent. Its energy is at every moment so intense that the forms, not of architecture alone, but of every material object of common use, are ...
Inhalt
NATURALISMAND THE PICTURESQUE | |
THE MECHANICAL FALLACY | |
THE ETHICAL FALLACY | |
THE BIOLOGICAL FALLACY | |
THE ACADEMIC TRADITION | |
HUMANIST VALUES | |
CONCLUSION | |
ANALYTIC SUMMARY | |
EPILOGUE 1924 | |
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