Kissing architecture /
Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. In this fresh, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book, renowned architectural critic and scholar Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intima...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Point (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. In this fresh, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book, renowned architectural critic and scholar Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy between architecture and new types of art--particularly multimedia installations that take place in and on the surfaces of buildings--and to capture the sensual charge that is being designed and built into architectural surfaces and interior spaces today. Initiating readers into the guilty pleasures of ... |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (122 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-120). |
| ISBN: | 9781400838387 (electronic bk.) 140083838X (electronic bk.) |