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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... expression of mechanical laws, it is legitimate, no less, to see in it an expression of human life. This furnishes a standard of value totally distinct from the scientific. Buildings may be judged by the success with which they supply ...
... expression of mechanical laws, it is legitimate, no less, to see in it an expression of human life. This furnishes a standard of value totally distinct from the scientific. Buildings may be judged by the success with which they supply ...
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... expression. This is to study architecture, in the strict sense, as an art. Here, then, are three 'conditions of wellbuilding,' and corresponding to them three modes of criticism, and three provinces of thought. Now what, in fact, is the ...
... expression. This is to study architecture, in the strict sense, as an art. Here, then, are three 'conditions of wellbuilding,' and corresponding to them three modes of criticism, and three provinces of thought. Now what, in fact, is the ...
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... expression to this seemingly identical enthusiasm are contradictory in the extreme. Never were the phases of a single art more diverse. For to consistency the Renaissance, with all its theories, was vitally indifferent. Its energy is at ...
... expression to this seemingly identical enthusiasm are contradictory in the extreme. Never were the phases of a single art more diverse. For to consistency the Renaissance, with all its theories, was vitally indifferent. Its energy is at ...
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... expression of the Renaissance, with its cult for individuality and power. Cosimo the Great, whom Michelozzo followed into exile at Venice, Lorenzo, the protector of Giuliano da Sangallo, Alphonso in the South, in the North the Sforzas ...
... expression of the Renaissance, with its cult for individuality and power. Cosimo the Great, whom Michelozzo followed into exile at Venice, Lorenzo, the protector of Giuliano da Sangallo, Alphonso in the South, in the North the Sforzas ...
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... stand in service. But we must not overlook the extent to which the papacy was itself indebted, for that quality, to the artists of the Renaissance. It is a common fallacy to account for artistic expression by external conditions.
... stand in service. But we must not overlook the extent to which the papacy was itself indebted, for that quality, to the artists of the Renaissance. It is a common fallacy to account for artistic expression by external conditions.
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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