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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... laws. Without these, architecture is impossible, its history unintelligible. And if, finding these everywhere paramount, we seek, in terms of material properties and material laws, not merely to account for the history of architecture ...
... laws. Without these, architecture is impossible, its history unintelligible. And if, finding these everywhere paramount, we seek, in terms of material properties and material laws, not merely to account for the history of architecture ...
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... laws of firmness or commodity; sometimes it will run counter to them, or be offended by the forms they would dictate. It has its own standard, and claims its own authority. It is possible, therefore, to ask how far, and how successfully ...
... laws of firmness or commodity; sometimes it will run counter to them, or be offended by the forms they would dictate. It has its own standard, and claims its own authority. It is possible, therefore, to ask how far, and how successfully ...
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... laws, now by a wayward search for beauty. But the problem of the architect and that of the critic are here ... law' of architectural taste. Good design in architecture, it will say, should 'express the uses the building is intended to ...
... laws, now by a wayward search for beauty. But the problem of the architect and that of the critic are here ... law' of architectural taste. Good design in architecture, it will say, should 'express the uses the building is intended to ...
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Geoffrey Scott. have in fact been felt, and then to draw whatever laws and conclusions it may from that understanding. But no amount of reasoning will create, or can annul, an æsthetic experience; for the aim of the arts has not been ...
Geoffrey Scott. have in fact been felt, and then to draw whatever laws and conclusions it may from that understanding. But no amount of reasoning will create, or can annul, an æsthetic experience; for the aim of the arts has not been ...
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... laws, and only by an æsthetic criticism to be finally justified or condemned. It must, in fact, be studied as an art. Here, however, is the true core of the difficulty. The science, and the history, of architecture are studies of which ...
... laws, and only by an æsthetic criticism to be finally justified or condemned. It must, in fact, be studied as an art. Here, however, is the true core of the difficulty. The science, and the history, of architecture are studies of which ...
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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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