Architecture and the senses in the Italian Renaissance : the varieties of architectural experience / David Karmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karmon, David E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation in architecture.

Architecture, Renaissance--Italy--Psychological aspects.

Architecture, Renaissance.

Psychological aspects.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This is the first study of Renaissance architecture as an immersive, multisensory experience that combines historical analysis with the evidence of first-hand accounts. Questioning the universalizing claims of contemporary architectural phenomenologists, David Karmon emphasizes the infinite variety of meanings produced through human interactions with the built environment. His book draws upon the close study of literary and visual sources to prove that early modern audiences paid sustained attention to the multisensory experience of the buildings and cities in which they lived. Through reconstructing the Renaissance understanding of the senses, we can better gauge how constant interaction with the built environment shaped daily practices and contributed to new forms of understanding. Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance offers a stimulating new approach to the study of Renaissance architecture and urbanism as a kind of 'experiential trigger' that shaped ways of both thinking and being in the world.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2021).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108775465

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.