Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory

ISBN-13: 9781032008004 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 224 str.

Amir H. Ameri

Opis

Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory offers a critical analysis of the methodological constants and shared critical strategies in the history of theoretical discourse on Western architecture.

Spis treści

I. In Retrospect II. Leone Battista Alberti and the Ten Books on Architecture: From the Beautiful to the Ornamental III. Marc-Antoine Laugier and the An Essay on Architecture: From the True to the Supplemental IV. John Ruskin and the Seven Lamps of Architecture: From Incorporation to Dissolution V. The In/Terminable Return

O autorze

Amir H. Ameri is Professor of Architecture at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has taught architectural history, theory, and design at various academic institutions throughout the United States. His research and teaching explore the multifaceted dialogue between architecture and culture. His previous book, The Architecture of the Illusive Distance, was published by Ashgate/Routledge.