Architecture and the body, science and culture / edited by Kim Sexton ; cover image Raffaello Bencini / Alinari Archives, Florence.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge Research in ArchitecturePublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First issued in paperback 2020Description: xvii, 262 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367501938 (paperback)Subject(s): Architecture -- Human Factors | Architecture and science | Architecture and societyLOC classification: NA2542.4 .A718 2020Summary: The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one, but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, architects, and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science, and architecture in pre-modern and modern cultural contexts. 'Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture' pose one overarching question: How does a period's understanding of bodies as objects of science impinge upon architectural thought and design? The answers are sophisticated, interdisciplinary explorations of theory, technology, symbolism, medicine, violence, psychology, deformity, and salvation, and they have unexpected and fascinating implications for architectural design and history. The new research published in this volume reinvigorates the Western survey-style trajectory from Archaic Greece to post-war Europe with scientifically-framed, body-centred provocations.0
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-253) and index (pages 255-262).
The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one, but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, architects, and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science, and architecture in pre-modern and modern cultural contexts. 'Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture' pose one overarching question: How does a period's understanding of bodies as objects of science impinge upon architectural thought and design? The answers are sophisticated, interdisciplinary explorations of theory, technology, symbolism, medicine, violence, psychology, deformity, and salvation, and they have unexpected and fascinating implications for architectural design and history. The new research published in this volume reinvigorates the Western survey-style trajectory from Archaic Greece to post-war Europe with scientifically-framed, body-centred provocations.0