The Beginnings of Architecture: The Eternal Present : A Contribution on Constancy and Change (002) - Brossura

Giedion, Sigfried

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ISBN 10: 0691018359 ISBN 13: 9780691018355

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1981

Riassunto

An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from an acclaimed architectural historian

In The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.

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Sigfried Gideon (1888–1968) was an eminent critic and historian of architecture and art who had a major influence on architectural modernism. His books include Space, Time, and Architecture and Mechanization Takes Command. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and ETH Zurich.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691018359
• ISBN 13: 9780691018355
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 604
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