The Aesthetics of Architecture : Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building / edited by David Goldblatt and Roger Paden.

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The Aesthetics of Architecture : Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building / edited by David Goldblatt and Roger Paden.

Publication:

Description:

145 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Journal of aesthetics and art criticism ; 69,1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / David Goldblatt and Roger Paden -- Kant and the philosophy of architecture / Paul Guyer Kant -- Fact and function in architectural criticism / Glenn Parsons -- On aesthetics and function in architecture: the case of the "Spectacle" Art Museum / Larry Shiner -- Architecture, life, and habit / Andrew Ballantyne -- Fantastic architecture: lessons of laputa and the unbearable lightness of our architecture / Karsten Harries -- A dance to the music of architecture / Edward Winters -- Complicating heidegger and the truth of architecture / Travis T. Anderson -- Imaginary placements: The other space of Cinema (Amir Ameri) -- The urban "Photogenie" of architainment / Jennifer Burris -- The aesthetics of space: modern architecture and photography / Filip Mattens -- Werning can buildings quote? / Remei Capdevila -- Reading mosques: meaning and architecture in Islam / Jale Nejdet Erzen -- The aesthetics of Hanoi's architecture: sense of place through the eyes of local painters / Dinh Quoc Phuong and Derham Groves.

Summary:

Relates architecture to other artforms such as photography, literature and painting Contains essays by some of the world's top philosophers Works with a diversity of architectural concepts and issues Philosophical discussions are generated by professionally designed architectural projects as well as vernacular ones.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781444339727 (paperback)
1444339729 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Philosophie.
Arkitektur filosofi.

Added entries:

Goldblatt, David, 1941- editor.
Paden, Roger, 1952- editor.
Goldblatt, David, 1941-
Paden, Roger, 1952-
Journal of aesthetics and art criticism ; 69,1.

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Location: Library main 272202
Call No.: BIB 205455
Status: Available

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