Disclosing horizons : architecture, perspective and redemptive space / Nicholas Temple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Temple, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and philosophy.

Perspective (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

2006.

London : Routledge, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design. Since its earliest developments, perspective was conceived as an exemplary form of representation that served as an ideal model of how everyday existence could be measured and ultimately judged. Temple argues that underlying the symbolic and epistemological meanings of perspective there prevails a deeply embedded redemptive view of the world that is deemed perfectible. Temple explores this idea through a genealogical investigation of the cultural and philosophical contexts of perspective throughout history, highlighting how these developments influenced architectural thought. This broad historical enquiry is accompanied by a series of case-studies of modern or contemporary buildings, each demonstrating a particular affinity with the accompanying historical model of perspective.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration credits; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Order and chaos, or "What to leave out?"; 2. Number, geometry and dialectic; 3. Light, memory and colour; 4. Topography, rhetoric and the vanishing point; 5. Unity in multiplicity; 6. Nature and immensity; 7. Disjointed views; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Title from content provider.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed December 22, 2023).

ISBN:

1-134-11707-8

1-134-11708-6

1-280-65194-6

9786610651948

0-203-96810-7

9780203968109

OCLC:

476180140

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access