Architectural forms and philosophical structures /
Hendrix, John,
Architectural forms and philosophical structures / John Hendrix. - x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Introduction -- Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Egypt -- Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Greece -- Francesco Borromini and the Construction of Meaning -- Guarino Guarini and Bernardo Vittone -- Leibniz and the Baroque -- The Psychological Architecture of Piranesi -- Architecture of the Unconscious in the Gothic Romance -- The Structure of Psychophysiological Space -- Sigmund Freud and The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari -- Georges Bataille and Frederick Kiesler -- The Laceration of the Body. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Architectural Forms and Philosophical Structures examines architectural and architectonic forms as products of philosophical and epistemological structures in selected cultures and time periods, and analyzes architecture as a text of its culture. Relations between architectural forms and philosophical structures are explored in Western civilization, beginning in Egypt and Greece and culminating in twentieth-century Europe and America. Architecture, like all forms of artistic expression, is interwoven with the beliefs and the structures of knowledge of its culture."--BOOK JACKET.
082046726X 9780820467269
2002154659
Architecture--Philosophy
Arts--Philosophy
NA2500 / .H36 2003
720.1
Architectural forms and philosophical structures / John Hendrix. - x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Introduction -- Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Egypt -- Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Greece -- Francesco Borromini and the Construction of Meaning -- Guarino Guarini and Bernardo Vittone -- Leibniz and the Baroque -- The Psychological Architecture of Piranesi -- Architecture of the Unconscious in the Gothic Romance -- The Structure of Psychophysiological Space -- Sigmund Freud and The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari -- Georges Bataille and Frederick Kiesler -- The Laceration of the Body. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Architectural Forms and Philosophical Structures examines architectural and architectonic forms as products of philosophical and epistemological structures in selected cultures and time periods, and analyzes architecture as a text of its culture. Relations between architectural forms and philosophical structures are explored in Western civilization, beginning in Egypt and Greece and culminating in twentieth-century Europe and America. Architecture, like all forms of artistic expression, is interwoven with the beliefs and the structures of knowledge of its culture."--BOOK JACKET.
082046726X 9780820467269
2002154659
Architecture--Philosophy
Arts--Philosophy
NA2500 / .H36 2003
720.1