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On the ruins of Babel : architectural metaphor in German thought /

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Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers deployed Renaissance terminology so that 'harmony' & 'unity' became states of consciousn...

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Main Author: Purdy, Daniel L. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
BMBF-Statusseminar
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > analys och tolkning.
Architecture and philosophy > Germany > History.
Philosophy, German > History.
Architecture and literature > History.
German literature > History and criticism.
Architecture et philosophie > Allemagne > Histoire.
Philosophie allemande > Histoire.
Architecture et littérature > Histoire.
Littérature allemande > Histoire et critique.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture and literature
Architecture and philosophy
German literature
Philosophy, German
Germany
Architekturtheorie
Architektur
Ästhetik
Deutschland
Arkitektur och filosofi > historia > Tyskland > 1700-talet.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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