Architectural colossi and the human body : buildings and metaphors / Charalampos Politakis.

Author
Politakis, Charalampos [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Routledge, 2018.
  • ©2018
Description
xx, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Series
    Routledge research in architecture [More in this series]
    Summary note
    The human body has been used as both a model and metaphor in architecture since antiquity. This book explores how it has been an inspiration for the exterior form of architectural colossi through the years. It considers the body as a source of architectural and artistic representation and in doing so explores the results of such practices in colossal sculptures and architectural praxis within a philosophical discourse of space, time and media. Architectural Colossi and the Human Body discusses the role of Platonic and Cartesian philosophy and how philosophers such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, and theoreticians such as Frascari and Pallasmaa, have seen, described and analysed the human body and the role of architecture and perception. Drawing upon three key case studies and by employing theoretical ideas of Venturi and others, this book will provide an understanding of the role of anthromorphism and the relation and use of the human body with reference to selected architects and artists. Book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Towards a first syllogism
    • Towards a second syllogism
    • Fashionable illusions
    • The object as subject : these are not binoculars
    • Skeletal apotheosis of the human body
    • Complexities and developments.
    ISBN
    • 9781138201170 ((hardback))
    • 1138201170 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2017016562
    OCLC
    985447232
    Other standard number
    • 14559703
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