Architectural Representation and the Perspective Hinge - Brossura

Perez-Gomez, Alberto; Pelletier, Louise

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0262661136 ISBN 13: 9780262661133

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Writing from inside the discipline of architecture, rather than from the more common extrapolations from the history of painting and philosophy, Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Louise Pelletier focus on the implications of the tool of perspective (and the hegemony of vision) for architectural representation. Their primary thesis is that tools of representation have a direct influence on the conceptual development of projects and generation of forms, and that there are alternatives to the reductive working methods of most contemporary practice.

The book examines textual evidence across a broad historical period, concentrating on the relationship between drawing and architectural space in the period from the seventh century to the twentieth century. The book discusses such issues as optical correction and the nature of architectural drawing in selected treatises, revealing the complexity and potential contradiction inherent in any linear history of representation. The authors' ultimate aim is to probe the possibilities of the constructed world—that is, architecture—as a poetic translation, rather than prosaic transcription, of its representations.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alberto Pérez-Gómez is Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor of the History of Architecture at McGill University. He is the author of Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science (MIT Press, 1983) and (with Louise Pelletier) Architecural Representation and the Perspective Hinge (MIT Press, 1997).

Product Description:

Book by Alberto PerezGomez Louise Pelletier

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0262661136
• ISBN 13: 9780262661133
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 526