Body and building : essays on the changing relation of body and architecture
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Body and building : essays on the changing relation of body and architecture
MIT Press, 2005
- : pbk
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"Written for the symposium Body and building, held at the University of Pennsylvania in March 1996 ... in honor of Joseph Rykwert"--Pref
"First MIT Press paperback edition, 2005"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-403) and index
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Essays on the changing relationship of the human body and architecture.
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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