Umfang:
X, 212 S., [4] Bl. :
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zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:
978-1-4094-5369-7
Serie:
Ashgate studies in architecture
Inhalt:
Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture, time and history, this book offers insights on issues still relevant today-the struggle between imitation and innovation, the definition (or rejection) of aesthetic experience, the grounds of architectural judgment (who decides and how), or fundamentally, how to act (i.e. build) when there is no longer a single grand narrative but a plurality of possible histories. Six drawings provide the foundation of an itinerary through Charles Robert Cockerell's conception of architectur
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Historicism and the Experience of History; 1 The Professor's Dream: Architecture in Time; 2 Plate X: Living History; Part II Drawing and Building in Time; 3 Fantasy of St George's Hall, Liverpool, under Construction: Between Pasts and Futures; 4 Cambridge University Library under Construction: Building Fragments; Part III The Language of Ornaments; 5 Bassae Capital: The Indexical Nature of Architecture; 6 'The architect's own hand is seen here': Architecture and Representation
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-1-4094-5370-3
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-4724-0708-5
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Kunstgeschichte
Schlagwort(e):
1788-1863 Cockerell, Charles Robert
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Zeichnung
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Architektur
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Ästhetik
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Mehr zum Autor:
Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788-1863.