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The Meaning of Modern Architecture : Its Inner Necessity and an Empathetic Reading.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317024316
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Meaning of Modern ArchitectureDDC classification:
  • 724.6
LOC classification:
  • 2015008096
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The Meaning of Modern Architecture -- 1 Wittgenstein House: The Perfect Mechanism -- 2 An Empathic Description and Interpretation of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye: The Machine Design -- 3 Spatial Esthetics and Einfühlung (Empathy): Theodor Lipps's Aesthetik -- 4 The Inner Construction of Objects and Space: Hildebrand's Problem der Form -- 5 Visual Perception and Artistic Judgment: Conrad Fiedler's Visibility -- 6 The Scientific Treatment of Perception and the Human Nature of the Viewer: Alois Riegl's Kunstwollen -- 7 The Word on the Street: Architectural Criticism -- 8 House Schminke: The Anti-esthetic Design -- 9 Casa del Fascio: The Eclectic Puzzle -- 10 Haus Lange: The Elegant Analyst -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book analyses the buildings directly as the objects of study, not indirectly, as designs filtered through a philosophical or theoretical discourse.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The Meaning of Modern Architecture -- 1 Wittgenstein House: The Perfect Mechanism -- 2 An Empathic Description and Interpretation of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye: The Machine Design -- 3 Spatial Esthetics and Einfühlung (Empathy): Theodor Lipps's Aesthetik -- 4 The Inner Construction of Objects and Space: Hildebrand's Problem der Form -- 5 Visual Perception and Artistic Judgment: Conrad Fiedler's Visibility -- 6 The Scientific Treatment of Perception and the Human Nature of the Viewer: Alois Riegl's Kunstwollen -- 7 The Word on the Street: Architectural Criticism -- 8 House Schminke: The Anti-esthetic Design -- 9 Casa del Fascio: The Eclectic Puzzle -- 10 Haus Lange: The Elegant Analyst -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book analyses the buildings directly as the objects of study, not indirectly, as designs filtered through a philosophical or theoretical discourse.

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