Contributors to this volume strive to uncover architectural alternatives to simplistic models based on concepts of aesthetics, technology or sociology. Seventeen essays explore historical topics ranging from antiquity, with a study of the Roman Colosseum, through early Renaissance subjects such as the treatises of Luca Pacioli on architecture, through to the modern era and explorations on topics ranging from 17th-century Amsterdam to architectural insights that can be found in the works of the poet and mathematician Lewis Carroll. Authors examining contemporary issues seek to explicate the spatial poetics of architecture by invoking other artistic disciplines. Essays in this group include a discussion of the accomplishments of Gordon Matta-Clark, a reading of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window , and an analysis of the implications of ethical/formal questions for architecture in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-13
9780773525047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95146111
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Book Title
Chora 4: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture: Volume 4
Author
Stephen Parcell, Alberto Perez-Gomez
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Number of Pages
392 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
520g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Stephen Parcell, Alberto Perez-Gomez
Series Title
Chora: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture