Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 560 g
Constructing Histories of Perception 1640-1950
Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 560 g
ISBN: 978-1-907975-63-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This book explores the mechanics of architectural writing, its relation to perception. It examines the effects of travel, as movement towards unfamiliar places, on perception. The book evolves from five key perceptual-representational processes: rendering, ordering, reading, thinking, and looking.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction: A Manual 2. Rendering Buildings into Words: Pevsner and Evelyn 3. Ordering the Unfamiliar: Bargrave and the Early Grand Tour 4. Reading Books: Defoe, Smollett, and the Country-House Guidebook 5. Thinking in Metaphor: Evelyn and Ruskin 6. Looking through the Lens: Evelyn, Goethe, and Burckhardt 7. Conclusions




