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The meaning of modern architecture : its inner necessity and an empathetic reading / Hans Rudolf Morgenthaler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgenthaler, Hans Rudolf., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Modern--20th century--Themes, motives.
- Architecture, Modern.
- Architecture--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
- Architecture.
- Architecture and society--History--20th century.
- Architecture and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations, plans
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Summary:
- Using empathy, as established by the Vienna School of Art History, complemented by insights on how the mind processes visual stimuli, as demonstrated by late 19th-century psychologists and art theorists, this book puts forward an innovative interpretative method of decoding the forms and spaces of Modern buildings. It proposes that Modern architecture is too diverse to be reduced to a few common formal or ornamental features. Instead, by relying on the viewer's innate psycho-physiological perceptive abilities, the sensual and intuitive understandings of composition, form, and space are emphasized.
- Contents:
- 1. Wittgenstein House : the perfect mechanism
- 2. An empathic description and interpretation of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye : the machine design
- 3. Spatial esthetics and Einfuhlung (empathy) : Theodor Lipps's Aesthetik
- 4. The innter construction of objects and space : Hildebrand's Problem der Form
- 5. Visual perception and artistic judgement : Conrad Fiedler's visibility
- 6. The scientific treatment of perception and the human nature of the viewer : Alois Riegl's Kunstwollen
- 7. The word on the street : architectural criticism
- 8. House Schminke : the anti-esthetic design
- 9. Casa del Fascio : the eclectic puzzle
- 10. Haus Lange : the elegent analyst.
- Notes:
- "First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4724-5302-6
- 1-315-55566-2
- 1-317-02430-3
- 1-317-02431-1
- 9781315555669
- OCLC:
- 948603127
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