Architecture and the body, science and culture /
The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one, but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, architects and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science and architect...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Series: | Routledge research in architecture.
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| Summary: | The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one, but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, architects and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science and architecture in pre-modern and modern cultural contexts. 'Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture' pose one overarching question. How does a period's understanding of bodies as objects of science impinge upon architectural thought and design? The answers are sophisticated, interdisciplinary explorations of theory, technology, symbolism, medicine, violence, psychology, deformity and salvation, and they have unexpected and fascinating implications for architectural design and history. The new research published in this volume reinvigorates the Western survey-style trajectory from Archaic Greece to post-war Europe with scientifically-framed, body-centred provocations. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138188822 1138188824 |