Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367501938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 262 str.

Kim Sexton

Opis

Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture provides a forum for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, and architects to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science, and architecture in pre‐modern and modern cultural contexts.

Spis treści

Introduction: Architecture, the Body, and Science Kim Sexton 1. Architecture Before the Body? Lian Chang  2. Healing in Motion Ece Okay  3. The Crafted Bodies of Suger Jason Crow  4. Gothic Skins Laura Hollengreen  5. Hybrid Bodies Move to Center Stage in Medieval Languedoc Catherine Barrett  6. Visceral Space Chloe Costello  7. Soaking in Architecture Lisa Tannenbaum  8. Academic Bodies and Anatomical Architecture in Early Modern Bologna Kim Sexton  9. The Eye of Modernity Tobias Teutenberg  10. Body and Space, Gothic and Cubism Frank Bauer  11. Rehabilitating the Invalid Body Wanda Katja Liebermann  12. Sacred Fortresses Paula Burleigh  Epilogue Kim Sexton  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Kim Sexton is an associate professor of architectural history at the University of Arkansas, USA. Her research focuses on the architecture and urban space of Italian city-states in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. She is the author of articles published in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians and The Art Bulletin, and the upcoming book, The Loggia: Living on Stage in Early Modern Italy.