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Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture

Posted By: insetes
Date: 25 Nov 2019 14:19:50
Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture

Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture By George Dodds, Robert Tavernor
2002 | 438 Pages | ISBN: 0262041952 | PDF | 6 MB


Since Greek antiquity, the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book, an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright's and Schindler's houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa's landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert's influential work on the subject.
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