The Eternal Present, Volume II: The Beginnings of Architecture: 2 (Bollingen Series) - Softcover

Giedion, Sigfried

 
9780691251882: The Eternal Present, Volume II: The Beginnings of Architecture: 2 (Bollingen Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691251886 ISBN 13: 9780691251882
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2023

Synopsis

An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historian

In The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.

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About the Author

Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) was an eminent critic and historian of architecture and art who had a major influence on architectural modernism. His books include Space, Time, and Architecture and Mechanization Takes Command. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and ETH Zurich.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691251886
ISBN 13 
9780691251882
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
616

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