Architectural forms and philosophical structures / John Hendrix.

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Hendrix, John Shannon.

Title & Author:

Architectural forms and philosophical structures / John Hendrix.

Publication:

Description:

x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
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.

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

ISBN:

082046726X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780820467269 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Arts Philosophy.
Architecture Philosophie.
Architektur
Architekturkritik
Philosophie
Ästhetik

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231189
Call No.: NA2500 .H385 2003
Status: Available

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