On the Appearance of the World: A Future for Aesthetics in Architecture 151791728X, 9781517917289

How can architecture develop better aesthetic directions for the twenty-first-century built environment? Our world, incr

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On the Appearance of the World: A Future for Aesthetics in Architecture
151791728X, 9781517917289

A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton Architecture is distin

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Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of i

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Examining the unique cultures of the Islamic Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Indianized Asia, and China, Adda Bozeman a

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In tenth-century Iraq, a group of Arab intellectuals and scholars known as the Ikhwan al-Safa began to make their intell

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Based on analysis of historical, philosophical, and semiotic texts, Architecture in Black presents a systematic examinat

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The Architecture of Change: Building a Better World is a collection of articles that demonstrates the power of the human

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Power has an appearance and appearance has power. Ideally those two would line up together and the world would be full o

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Some of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai—sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offeri

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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1760–1834) regarded the Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802–5) and its companion vol

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Whatever ‘ugliness’ is, it remains a problematic category in architectural aesthetics - alternately vilified and appropr

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