TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sexton,Kim Susan
AU  - Bencini,Raffaello
TI  - Architecture and the body, science and culture
T2  - Routledge Research in Architecture
SN  - 9780367501938
AV  - NA2542.4 .A718 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Human Factors
KW  - Architecture and science
KW  - Architecture and society
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-253) and index (pages 255-262)
N2  - 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
ER  -