Guarino Guarini : Baroque Architecture and Scholasticism / Branko Mitrović.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitrovic, Branko, author.

Series:

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026

Brill Studies in Architectural and Urban History ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Art--History.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Baroque Architecture and Scholasticism

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The seventeenth-century polymath Guarino Guarini is today mainly remembered as one of the most prominent Baroque architects. However, he was also active in a number of other fields such as philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. Philosophically, Guarini is an exceptionally interesting figure because of his efforts to adjust his Counter-reformation Aristotelianism to the latest discoveries of the ongoing scientific revolution. While his philosophy belonged to so-called “second scholasticism,” unlike most other scholastic philosophers of the era he followed and was intensely interested in the latest scientific breakthroughs. The book analyses how his philosophical and scientific interests impacted his views on architectural theory and architectural design.

Contents:

Introduction / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 1 Guarini and His Times / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 2 Space and Place / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 3 Universe without Harmonies / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 4 Beauty and the Soul / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 5 Light and Vision / Branko Mitrović

Chapter 6 Ocularcentrism / Branko Mitrović

Conclusion: Architecture as a Purely Visual Fact / Branko Mitrović

Back Matter

Index / Branko Mitrović.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004745995

OCLC:

1549517596

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004745995 DOI