Architecture in words : theatre, language and the sensuous space of architecture /
Pelletier, Louise, 1963-
Architecture in words : theatre, language and the sensuous space of architecture / Louise Pelletier. - 1st ed. - xi, 241 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Character and expression : staging an architectural theory -- Architecture as an expressive language -- Character theory in theatrical staging -- Rules of expression and the paradox of acting -- Play-acting and the culture of entertainment : architecture as theatre -- Theatre as the locus of public and social expression -- Theatre architecture and the role of the proscenium arch -- Language and personal imagination : an architecture for the senses -- Taste, talent, and genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics -- Newtonian empirical sciences and the order of nature -- Empirical philosophy and the nature of sensations -- Plotting an architectural program : the space of desire -- Staging an architecture in words -- The narrative space of desire -- Conclusion : the temporality of human experience. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. Pt. 3. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 4. 9. 10.
"Architecture in Words explores the role of architecture as an expressive language through the transforming notion of character theory and looks at the theatre as a model for creating sensuous spaces in architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
0415394708 (hb : alk. paper) 0415394716 (pb : alk. paper)
2005027670
Theater architecture--History--Europe--18th century.
Theater--History--Europe--18th century.
Communication in architecture
Architecture--Psychological aspects
725.82209033
Architecture in words : theatre, language and the sensuous space of architecture / Louise Pelletier. - 1st ed. - xi, 241 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Character and expression : staging an architectural theory -- Architecture as an expressive language -- Character theory in theatrical staging -- Rules of expression and the paradox of acting -- Play-acting and the culture of entertainment : architecture as theatre -- Theatre as the locus of public and social expression -- Theatre architecture and the role of the proscenium arch -- Language and personal imagination : an architecture for the senses -- Taste, talent, and genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics -- Newtonian empirical sciences and the order of nature -- Empirical philosophy and the nature of sensations -- Plotting an architectural program : the space of desire -- Staging an architecture in words -- The narrative space of desire -- Conclusion : the temporality of human experience. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. Pt. 3. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 4. 9. 10.
"Architecture in Words explores the role of architecture as an expressive language through the transforming notion of character theory and looks at the theatre as a model for creating sensuous spaces in architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
0415394708 (hb : alk. paper) 0415394716 (pb : alk. paper)
2005027670
Theater architecture--History--Europe--18th century.
Theater--History--Europe--18th century.
Communication in architecture
Architecture--Psychological aspects
725.82209033