Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture - Hardcover

Dodds, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262041952 ISBN 13: 9780262041959

Verlag: MIT Press, 2002

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"Fascinating essays of lasting interest." - The Architects' Journal, Books of the Year; "A fitting tribute to the first 75 years of the Rykwert stable." - Building Design"

Reseña del editor:

Since Greek antiquity the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright's and Schindler's houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa's landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert's influential work on the subject.

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• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0262041952
• ISBN 13: 9780262041959
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Herausgeber: Dodds George, Tavernor Robert