The Aesthetics of Architecture

Roger Scruton

ISBN 10: 0691158339 / ISBN 13: 9780691158334

Verlag: Princeton University Press Apr 2013, 2013

Beschreibung

Neuware - 'Impressive in its intellectual depth and range, and imbued throughout with wisdom and humanity, this brilliant book is the most important contribution to its subject since the writings of Ruskin. There is simply no modern equal to Professor Scruton's unique and comprehensive architectural treatise.'--David Watkin, professor emeritus of the history of architecture, University of Cambridge.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780691158334

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Aesthetics of Architecture
• Verlag: Princeton University Press Apr 2013
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0691158339
• ISBN-13: 9780691158334
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 233B x 154 H x 25 T Millimeter Breite: 233 mm, Höhe: 154 mm, Tiefe: 25 mm
• Gewicht: 452 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a return to first principles in contemporary architectural theory, contending that the aesthetic of architecture is, in its very essence, an aesthetic of everyday life. Aesthetic understanding is inseparable from a sense of detail and style, from which the appropriate, the expressive, the beautiful, and the proportionate take their meaning. Scruton provides incisive critiques of the romantic, functionalist, and rationalist theories of design, and of the Freudian, Marxist, and semiological approaches to aesthetic value. In a new introduction, Scruton discusses how his ideas have developed since the book's original publication thirty years ago, and he assesses the continuing relevance of his argument for the twenty-first century.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roger Scruton is a visiting professor at Oxford University, where he is also a Fellow at Blackfriars Hall. His many books include Art and Imagination, Sexual Desire, The Aesthetics of Music, and A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism.