Four historical definitions of architecture /
Where does architecture belong in the larger scheme of things? Is it a liberal art? Is it related to painting, music, medicine, or horse training? Is it timeless, or does it have a beginning? To pursue such questions, Stephen Parcell investigates four historical definitions of Western architecture:...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2012]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Architecture as a technē
- Architecture as a mechanical art
- Hugh of St Victor and the mechanical arts
- Architecture as an art of Disegno
- Alberti and the arts of Disegno
- Vasari and the arts of Disegno
- Architecture as a fine art
- Boullée and the fine arts
- Conclusion.