| Description |
x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Princeton essays on the arts ; 8 |
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Princeton essays on the arts ; 8
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Architecture and design -- 3. Has architecture an essence? -- 4. Experiencing architecture -- 5. Judging architecture -- 6. Freud, Marx and meaning -- 7. The language of architecture -- 8. Expression and abstraction -- 9. The sense of detail -- 10. Conclusion: architecture and morality |
| Summary |
Scruton takes his readers on a journey through aesthetic theory and tries in every sense to apply them directly to architecture.By using theories from Kant, Marx, Freud, Hume, Alberti, Ruskin and many others on topics such as constructivism, and literary theory, Scruton tries to find the essence of architecture. Has architecture an essence? -- from author's website |
| Later Title |
Science journal |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 291-292 |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Aesthetics.
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Architecture.
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| LC no. |
79084026 |
| ISBN |
069100322X |
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0691039488 |
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