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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... true construction' or 'expressive of the materials it employs' or 'expressive of the national life' (whether noble or otherwise) or 'expressive of a noble life' (whether national or not); or expressive of the craftsman's temperament, or ...
... true construction' or 'expressive of the materials it employs' or 'expressive of the national life' (whether noble or otherwise) or 'expressive of a noble life' (whether national or not); or expressive of the craftsman's temperament, or ...
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... true relation of taste to ideas, and the 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 ...
... true relation of taste to ideas, and the 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 ...
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... true, culminate here in a purely æsthetic result, for it has to deal with a concrete basis which is utilitarian. It is, none the less, a purely æsthetic impulse, an impulse distinct from all the others which architecture may ...
... true, culminate here in a purely æsthetic result, for it has to deal with a concrete basis which is utilitarian. It is, none the less, a purely æsthetic impulse, an impulse distinct from all the others which architecture may ...
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... the moral impulse of its builders. This medley of elements, diverse and uncommensurated as they are, can furnish no general estimate or true comparison of style. Doubtless, as a matter of history, architecture has not come.
... the moral impulse of its builders. This medley of elements, diverse and uncommensurated as they are, can furnish no general estimate or true comparison of style. Doubtless, as a matter of history, architecture has not come.
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... sanction for them, if it can, in some new theory, as simple, as logical, and as insufficient as the first. The true task of criticism is to understand such æsthetic pleasures as have in fact been felt, and then to draw whatever.
... sanction for them, if it can, in some new theory, as simple, as logical, and as insufficient as the first. The true task of criticism is to understand such æsthetic pleasures as have in fact been felt, and then to draw whatever.
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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