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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... literary reminders of the romantic past, or shrines to the poetry of nature with which the mediæval style was conceived to be related. Above all, they might act as a foil to the classical elements themselves, and do a dual service by ...
... literary reminders of the romantic past, or shrines to the poetry of nature with which the mediæval style was conceived to be related. Above all, they might act as a foil to the classical elements themselves, and do a dual service by ...
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... literary symbolism becomes increasingly evident in the attempt. The interest is shifted, more and more, from the art itself to the ideals of civilisation. The Greek modes of the period are deliberately meant to 'suggest' its political ...
... literary symbolism becomes increasingly evident in the attempt. The interest is shifted, more and more, from the art itself to the ideals of civilisation. The Greek modes of the period are deliberately meant to 'suggest' its political ...
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... literary attitude of mind; and as few today would do otherwise than lament its achievements, we may take leave of them. But among the consequences of that illtimed experiment we have to emphasise this. The Romantic Movement, in ...
... literary attitude of mind; and as few today would do otherwise than lament its achievements, we may take leave of them. But among the consequences of that illtimed experiment we have to emphasise this. The Romantic Movement, in ...
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... literary fashion, may at any time alter the feeling we entertain. Yet the concrete arts which these different periods produced remain always the same, still capable of addressing the same appeal to the physical senses. If, then, we are ...
... literary fashion, may at any time alter the feeling we entertain. Yet the concrete arts which these different periods produced remain always the same, still capable of addressing the same appeal to the physical senses. If, then, we are ...
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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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