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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... MECHANICAL FALLACY V. THE ETHICAL FALLACY THE BIOLOGICAL FALLACY THE ACADEMIC TRADITION HUMANIST VALUES CONCLUSION ANALYTIC SUMMARY EPILOGUE, 1924 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM INTRODUCTION 'WELLBUILDING hath three conditions: Commodity,
... MECHANICAL FALLACY V. THE ETHICAL FALLACY THE BIOLOGICAL FALLACY THE ACADEMIC TRADITION HUMANIST VALUES CONCLUSION ANALYTIC SUMMARY EPILOGUE, 1924 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM INTRODUCTION 'WELLBUILDING hath three conditions: Commodity,
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... mechanical bondage of construction has closely circumscribed its growth. Thrust and balance, pressure and its support, are at the root of the language which architecture employs. The inherent characters of marble, brick, wood and iron ...
... mechanical bondage of construction has closely circumscribed its growth. Thrust and balance, pressure and its support, are at the root of the language which architecture employs. The inherent characters of marble, brick, wood and iron ...
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... 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 the practical ...
... 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 the practical ...
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... mechanical laws, now by a wayward search for beauty. But the problem of the architect and that of the critic are here essentially different. The work of the architect is synthetic. He must take into simultaneous account our three ...
... mechanical laws, now by a wayward search for beauty. But the problem of the architect and that of the critic are here essentially different. The work of the architect is synthetic. He must take into simultaneous account our three ...
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... mechanical analysis or a social analysis may throw light on many aspects of Renaissance architecture, it is only an æsthetic analysis, and an æsthetic analysis in the strictest sense, which can render its history intelligible, or our ...
... mechanical analysis or a social analysis may throw light on many aspects of Renaissance architecture, it is only an æsthetic analysis, and an æsthetic analysis in the strictest sense, which can render its history intelligible, or our ...
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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