Architecture and civilization / edited by Michael H. Mitias
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| Subjects: | Architecture and society |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1999 |
| Series: | Elementa : Schriften zur Philosophie und ihrer Problemgeschichte Bd. 74 Elementa (Rodopi : Firm) Bd. 74 |
| LC Classification: | N, NA |
| Table of Contents: | List of Illustrations Preface 1. Architecture, Art and Works of Art / T. J. Diffey 1 2. Architecture as At / Tom Leddy 25 3. Pure Architecture / David Fenner 43 4. Is Architecture an Art of Representation? / Michael H. Mitias 59 5. Reflections on Architecture: Buildings as Environments, as Aesthetic Objects and as Artworks / Robert Stecker 81 6. As Architecture / J. Bajlon 95 7. The Aesthetic Appreciation of Everyday Architecture / Allen Carlson 107 8. Receptivity to the Sensuous: Architecture as "Wild Being" / Rachel McAnn 123 9. The Aesthetic Experience of Ambiguity: Athenian Acropolis / David Lewis 143 10. Written in Stone: Architectural Communication and Disintegration / Crispin Sartwell 165 Illustrations 177 About The Contributors 205 Index 207 |
| Notes: | ISBN: 9042007869 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.á |
| OCLC Number: | 42312135 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9042007869 |