Aesthetics of Architecture (eBook)

Roger Scruton (Autor)

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2021
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-24037-4 (ISBN)

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A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonArchitecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a return to first principles in contemporary architectural theory, contending that the aesthetic of architecture is, in its very essence, an aesthetic of everyday life. Aesthetic understanding is inseparable from a sense of detail and style, from which the appropriate, the expressive, the beautiful, and the proportionate take their meaning. Scruton provides incisive critiques of the romantic, functionalist, and rationalist theories of design, and of the Freudian, Marxist, and semiological approaches to aesthetic value.In a new introduction, Scruton discusses how his ideas have developed since the book's original publication, and he assesses the continuing relevance of his argument for the twenty-first century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 90 halftones. 1 musical example.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Aestheticism • Aesthetics • aesthetic theory • Analogy • Applied Arts • architectural design • architectural historian • Architectural pattern • Architectural Style • architectural theory • Architecture • ART • Art Nouveau • A Theory of Architecture • Classicism • Cloister • Consciousness • Contingency (Philosophy) • cornice • Critical theory • critical thinking • Criticism • Decorative arts • Designer • Design Methods • Ethics and Language • Experience architecture • Explanation • Expressionist architecture • Form of life (philosophy) • Functionalism (Architecture) • Good and evil • Gothic architecture • Historicism (art) • idealism • Ideology • Individualism • intentionality • Interior design • International Style (architecture) • Languages of Art • Le Corbusier • Lectures on Aesthetics • Lightness (philosophy) • Martyrium (architecture) • Masonry • Modern Architecture • modernism • Monumental Sculpture • Moral Character • Morality • Nominalism • Objectivity (philosophy) • On the Aesthetic Education of Man • Palladian architecture • Philosopher • Philosophical investigations • philosophical theory • Philosophy • Philosophy of architecture • Philosophy of Design • Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of mind • Philosophy of perception • picturesque • Practical reason • Pragmatism • Proportion (architecture) • Psychoanalysis • Psychology of Art • Rationality • reason • sacred architecture • Self-Image • Self-realization • sense of place • Setback (architecture) • Sophistication • Space, Time and Architecture • spirit of place • Spirituality • Subjectivism • Suggestion • Summa Theologica • The Analysis of Beauty • The Bounds of Sense • The Nature of Order • theory • Theory Of Art • Theory of Forms • The Timeless Way of Building • Thought • Urbanism • urban planning • Utilitarianism • Vernacular architecture • Vestibule (architecture) • Vitruvius • work of art
• ISBN-10: 0-691-24037-X / 069124037X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-24037-4 / 9780691240374