The aesthetics of architecture / Roger Scruton.

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Scruton, Roger.

Title & Author:

The aesthetics of architecture / Roger Scruton.

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Description:

x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Princeton essays on the arts ; 8

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292).
Introduction: the problem of architecture -- Part I. Architecture and design -- Has architecture an essence? -- Experiencing architecture -- Judging architecture -- Part II. Freud, Marx and meaning -- Language of architecture -- Expression and abstraction -- Sense of detail -- Conclusion: architecture and morality -- Part III. Summary.

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.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691039488
9780691039480
069100322X (pbk.)
9780691003221 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture.
Architecture Esthétique.
architecture (discipline)
Bouwkunst.
Esthetica.
Filosofische aspecten.

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Princeton essays on the arts ; 8.

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Location: Library main 28780
Call No.: 6643
Status: Available

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