
Body and Building
Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture
MIT Press
Published on 11. February 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
438 pages
978-0-262-54183-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
110 illus.; 110 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1338 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54183-1 (9780262541831)
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Persons
George Dodds is Professor of History and Theory in the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee.