Body And Building: Essays On The Changing Relation Of Body and Architecture

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0262541831 ISBN 13: 9780262541831

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2005

Essays on the changing relationship of the human body and architecture.

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.

L'autore:

George Dodds is Professor of History and Theory in the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee.

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