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Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture

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Essays on the changing relationship of the human body and architecture.

Since Greek antiquity, the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book, an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright's and Schindler's houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa's landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert's influential work on the subject.

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: The MIT Press., 2002

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English

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9780262271813

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Architecture

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George Dodds, Robert Tavernor

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Kholif Basri

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https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2487/Body-and-BuildingEssays-on-the-Changing-Relation

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