Main entry:

Hale, Jonathan, author.

Title & Author:

The old way of seeing / Jonathan Hale.

Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

Description:

xi, 241 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
"A Richard Todd book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
ch. 1. Light and shade, walls and space -- ch. 2. Ordinary places -- ch. 3. 1830: the loss of the old way of seeing -- ch. 4. Principles of pattern -- ch. 5. Spirit -- ch. 6. Context -- ch. 7. Life and death of modernism -- ch. 8. Paradigms -- ch. 9. Reason -- ch. 10. Can it happen?

Summary:

Hale provides a tour of our buildings and our social history, examines the principles that animate beautiful buildings, and offers hope for recapturing the lost magic of architecture.

ISBN:

0395605733
9780395605738
039574010X (pbk.)
9780395740101 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society United States.
Signs and symbols.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
Architecture et société États-Unis.
Signes et symboles.
symbols.
Architecture and society
United States

Added entries:

Subtitle on front wrapper: How architecutre lost its magic (and how to get it back)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122197
Call No.: ID NA2500.H3; ID:95-B2467
Status: Available