Nietzsche and "an architecture of our minds" / edited by Alexandre Kostka and Irving Wohlfarth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kostka, Alexandre.

Wohlfarth, Irving.

Series:

Issues & debates

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Aesthetics, German--19th century.

Aesthetics, German.

Art and architecture.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, [1999]

Summary:

Appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche has been the subject of countLess volumes of literature. Until now, though, there has been no in-depth study devoted specifically to Nietzsche's thoughts and impact on architecture. In the essays comprising Nietzsche and "An Architecture of Our Minds," thirteen eminent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines -- including art history, architecture and architecture theory, literature, philosophy, and city planning -- address his far-reaching notion of an architecture commensurate with the modern mind. They assess the relationship of Nietzschean philosophy to art and architecture, elucidate frequent misunderstandings, and determine patterns of influence, illuminating an unsurveyed aspect of the philosophy of one of the most profound thinkers of the modern age.

Notes:

"This volume ... evolved from a symposium titled 'Abbau, Neubau, Überbau: Nietzsche und 'eine Architektur nach unserer Seelen-Art,' which was held at the Hotel Elephant and the Residenzschloss in Weimar, Germany, 11-13 October 1994--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0892364858

OCLC:

39313469