Main entry:

Morgenthaler, Hans Rudolf, author.

Title & Author:

The meaning of modern architecture : its inner necessity and an empathetic reading / Hans Rudolf Morgenthaler, University of Colorado Denver, USA.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]

Description:

viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
Wittgenstein House: The Perfect Mechanism -- An Empathic Description and Interpretation of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye: The Machine Design -- Spatial Esthetics and Einfuhlung (Empathy):Theodor Lipps's Aesthetik -- The Inner Construction of Objects and Space: Hildebrand's Problem der Form -- Visual Perception and Artistic Judgment: Conrad Fiedler's Visibility -- The Scientific Treatment of Perception and the Human Nature of the Viewer: Alois Riegl's Kunstwollen -- The Word on the Street: Architectural Criticism -- House Schminke: The Anti-esthetic Design -- Casa del Fascio: The Eclectic Puzzle -- Haus Lange: The Elegant Analyst.

Summary:

Using empathy, as established by the Vienna School of Art History, complemented by insights on how the mind processes visual stimuli, as demonstrated by late 19th-century psychologists and art theorists, this book puts forward an innovative interpretative method of decoding the forms and spaces of Modern buildings. This method was first developed as scholars realized that the new abstract art appearing needed to be analysed differently than the previous figurative works. Since architecture experienced a similar development in the 1920s and 30s, this book argues that the empathetic method can also be used in architectural interpretation.0While most existing scholarship tends to focus on formal and functional analysis, this book proposes that Modern architecture is too diverse to be reduced to a few common formal or ornamental features. Instead, by relying on the viewer’s innate psycho-physiological perceptive abilities, sensual and intuitive understandings of composition, form, and space are emphasized. These aspects are especially significant because Modern Architecture lacks the traditional stylistic signs.

ISBN:

9781472453013 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1472453018 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781472453020
(epub)
9781472453037

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Architecture Psychological aspects Case studies.
Architecture and society History 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture Aspect psychologique Études de cas.
Architecture et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives.
Architecture Psychological aspects.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298689
Call No.: BIB 244820
Status: Available