| Description |
xiv, 279 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Ethnoscapes |
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Ethnoscapes (Unnumbered)
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| Contents |
I. The Issue of Form: Some Questions Posed -- II. Appraising Form: Theories Compared -- III. Adopting the Aesthetic Attitude -- IV. Form and its Interpretation: The Role of Perception and Cognition and the Formation of Concepts -- V. The Role of Form and Meaning in the Formation of Judgements -- VI. Aesthetic Value: Analyzing the Effects of Form -- VII. Spatial Form in Architecture -- VIII. Corporeal Form --IX. Summary and Outlook |
| Summary |
Weber's book attempts to move the discussion of architectural aesthetics beyond the shifting doctrines of style and the often ambiguous dicta of critics. While the author makes no claim that his interpretation of psychological research will result in good architecture, he does insist on the need to bring the discussion of form back to more objective grounds. As such, it provides a valuable teaching resource and an important new contribution to the discussion among architects themselves, as well as between psychologists, philosophers and art theorists |
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On the Aesthetics of Architecture is a result of an interdisciplinary study in architectural theory, psychology and philosophy and the author's experience as a practicing architect. It tries to relate theories of aesthetics and recent advances in the psychology of visual perception to the practice of design. The text starts with an analysis of traditional and contemporary schools of thought in architectural theory, and then proceeds through the formulation of a general theory of aesthetics based on perceptual and cognitive information processing to a description of the actual conditions under which aesthetic experiences of buildings and cities takes place. It exemplifies principles of aesthetic appropriateness through an analysis of architectural space and form |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
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Architecture.
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Architecture -- Aesthetics.
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Space (Architecture) -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
95075555 |
| ISBN |
185628977X |
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