Architecture and Cultural Continuity
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-41141-8 (ISBN)
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A work in three parts, the book first analyses in-depth the Festival of San Giovanni in Florence, an annual series of celebrations involving the entire city. Tracing its history from its Roman origins via the Renaissance through to contemporary times, this case study is used to explore ideas of continuity and tradition and how these shape and are shaped by architecture and the city. Part 2 gathers theoretical tools from philosophy, anthropology, and performance studies to offer a framework for the appraisal of architecture – whether engaged in festival or simply part of the background to everyday life – as experience rather than form. The final part presents historic and contemporary case studies to explain the theory in practice, from Lord Leighton’s House in London to Beit Beirut in Lebanon, and from Salisbury’s medieval Chapterhouse to the contemporary Australian Parliament building.
Written for architectural theorists, historians, and designers alike, this book will allow the reader to assess architecture in a way that re-addresses aspects of history often obscured by post-enlightenment thinking, and reveals an architecture rooted in cultural traditions better able to contribute to the diverse communities of the future.
Christian Frost is Professor of Architecture and Head of Research in the School of Art, Architecture & Design at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1 – Festival, Culture and Experience
1. The Hermeneutics of Architecture and Festival
2. The Florentine Feast of San Giovanni – 24th June
3. The Origins and Development of the City of Florence
4. Culture, Representation, and the Flowering of Civic Festival
Part 2 –Architecture, Culture and Experience
5. Architecture and Ontology
6. Civic Culture, Agonistic Order, and Resistance
7. Domestic Life Language, Knowledge, and Literature
Part 3 – Case Studies
8. Architecture and the Rule of Movement: Hardwick Hall and the Pavillon Suisse
9. Architecture, Ornament, and Theatre: Weltenburg Abbey and the Rockefeller Centre
10. Architecture, Orientalism and Heritage: Leighton House and Beit Beirut
11. Architecture, Politics and Landscape: Salisbury Chapterhouse and The Australian Parliament
Epilogue
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 143 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-41141-8 / 1350411418 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-41141-8 / 9781350411418 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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