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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... influence which each has exerted on the other, that our present confusion has resulted. I have attempted, consequently, in the very narrow field with which this book is concerned, to trace the natural history of our opinions, to ...
... influence which each has exerted on the other, that our present confusion has resulted. I have attempted, consequently, in the very narrow field with which this book is concerned, to trace the natural history of our opinions, to ...
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... influence Europe has attempted to free itself in vain. We shall seek without success, among conditions external to art, for causes adequate to an effect so varied, so violent, and so farreaching. The revolutions which architecture ...
... influence Europe has attempted to free itself in vain. We shall seek without success, among conditions external to art, for causes adequate to an effect so varied, so violent, and so farreaching. The revolutions which architecture ...
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... influence of patronage on art is easily misstated. Art may be brought to the service of the state and its rulers; but the most that rulers can do towards determining the essence of an art is to impose upon it a distinctively courtly ...
... influence of patronage on art is easily misstated. Art may be brought to the service of the state and its rulers; but the most that rulers can do towards determining the essence of an art is to impose upon it a distinctively courtly ...
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... 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 it will appear to have furnished ...
... 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 it will appear to have furnished ...
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... the time' does not exist independently of the activities which manifest it. It is the atmosphere which results from their combined operation; or it is the influence of the earlier and more spontaneous of these activities.
... the time' does not exist independently of the activities which manifest it. It is the atmosphere which results from their combined operation; or it is the influence of the earlier and more spontaneous of these activities.
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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