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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... artistic temperament within the spell of Rome, gave architecture, in perfect combination, the focus and the liberty, the varied impulse and the renewed vitality necessary for making a great imaginative experiment under the influence of ...
... artistic temperament within the spell of Rome, gave architecture, in perfect combination, the focus and the liberty, the varied impulse and the renewed vitality necessary for making a great imaginative experiment under the influence of ...
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Geoffrey Scott. common fallacy to account for artistic expression by external conditions for whose very being that ... artistic significance of the style which the Jesuits employed, remains something wholly independent of the uses to ...
Geoffrey Scott. common fallacy to account for artistic expression by external conditions for whose very being that ... artistic significance of the style which the Jesuits employed, remains something wholly independent of the uses to ...
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... artistic uses that this wealth, this power, and these opportunities, were devoted, and to artistic uses of a particular kind. Rich and flourishing societies have not seldom grown up, and are growing up in our own time, without any ...
... artistic uses that this wealth, this power, and these opportunities, were devoted, and to artistic uses of a particular kind. Rich and flourishing societies have not seldom grown up, and are growing up in our own time, without any ...
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... artistic point of view. The suggestive point about its use is that the element on which, in real fact, the stability of the construction depended was ignored, frankly and courageously, in the æsthetic design. The eye was expected to ...
... artistic point of view. The suggestive point about its use is that the element on which, in real fact, the stability of the construction depended was ignored, frankly and courageously, in the æsthetic design. The eye was expected to ...
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... artistic experience. But it is a view of architecture which the Renaissance builders, at least, were far from holding. It is at variance with buildings which were enjoyed, and enjoyed enthusiastically, by a people devoted, and ...
... artistic experience. But it is a view of architecture which the Renaissance builders, at least, were far from holding. It is at variance with buildings which were enjoyed, and enjoyed enthusiastically, by a people devoted, and ...
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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The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste Geoffrey Scott Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
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