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The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture): 0 - Softcover
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Reissued in trade format with a new introduction, The Architecture of Humanism offers a brilliant analysis of the theories and ideas behind much of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture. It discusses the classical tradition as reflected in the architecture of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and the role given the human body in that tradition. It is recommended reading for all architecture students, and essential for those interested in the revival of classical architecture.
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A new edition of this minor classic of architectural criticism is welcome not only because it is still worth reading but also because it is so apposite, for the architectural situation a hundred years ago was similar to our own. . . .In a period such as our own, where architecture is so dominated by conceptual interpretations, by a seemingly endless succession of -isms, it is useful to be reminded that buildings are--or should be-- made to be experienced and enjoyed.--Witold Rybczynski
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When this work appeared in 1914 it evoked a heated discussion. Geoffrey Scott offers an analysis of the theories behind 19th- and 20th-century architecture. He discusses the classical tradition as reflected in the architecture of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and the role given the human body in that tradition. The book was written while Scott was living in Italy where he absorbed the classical tradition, which he saw as the main stream of Western art, and became aware that the stream had been clouded by man whose ideas were derived from sources outside art. These ideas, from which the dominant concepts of contemporary art are derived, Scott put into perspective by calling "fallacies". Thus he throws into question the ideas which we accept without reflection.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0393730352
- ISBN 13 9780393730357
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages194
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The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste by Geoffrey Scott; With a portfolio of photographs
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