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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... imagination too swift and restless to abide the fulfilment of its own creations. In this the Renaissance stands alone. The mediæval Gothic had indeed been equally rapid, and equally oblivious of its past, so rapid and so oblivious that ...
... imagination too swift and restless to abide the fulfilment of its own creations. In this the Renaissance stands alone. The mediæval Gothic had indeed been equally rapid, and equally oblivious of its past, so rapid and so oblivious that ...
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... imagination lay. The influence of patronage on art is easily misstated. Art may be brought to the service of the ... imaginative sense, was that of the Church, and even this was not felt as such till after the art had acquired its own ...
... imagination lay. The influence of patronage on art is easily misstated. Art may be brought to the service of the ... imaginative sense, was that of the Church, and even this was not felt as such till after the art had acquired its own ...
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... imaginative experiment under the influence of the antique. The papacy, then, may be considered to have predetermined in some degree the formation of Renaissance style. Yet we must not exaggerate its contribution. By its imperial quality ...
... imaginative experiment under the influence of the antique. The papacy, then, may be considered to have predetermined in some degree the formation of Renaissance style. Yet we must not exaggerate its contribution. By its imperial quality ...
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... imaginative value of the Renaissance papacy, than to the encouragement and inspiration which the papacy contributed to art. Moreover, the character of the papacy in this period was largely formed by the character of its popes; and such ...
... imaginative value of the Renaissance papacy, than to the encouragement and inspiration which the papacy contributed to art. Moreover, the character of the papacy in this period was largely formed by the character of its popes; and such ...
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... imagination, trained in painting to seek for soft transitions and broad shadow, began to require those qualities in architecture. Till then, travertine had been used, against its nature, in the Florentine tradition of sharp detail. In ...
... imagination, trained in painting to seek for soft transitions and broad shadow, began to require those qualities in architecture. Till then, travertine had been used, against its nature, in the Florentine tradition of sharp detail. In ...
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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