Architectural Representation and the Perspective Hinge - Couverture souple

Perez-Gomez, Alberto; Pelletier, Louise

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262661136 ISBN 13 : 9780262661133

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2000

Synopsis

Writing from inside the discipline of architecture, rather than from the more common extrapolations from the history of painting and philosophy, Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Louise Pelletier focus on the implications of the tool of perspective (and the hegemony of vision) for architectural representation. Their primary thesis is that tools of representation have a direct influence on the conceptual development of projects and generation of forms, and that there are alternatives to the reductive working methods of most contemporary practice.

The book examines textual evidence across a broad historical period, concentrating on the relationship between drawing and architectural space in the period from the seventh century to the twentieth century. The book discusses such issues as optical correction and the nature of architectural drawing in selected treatises, revealing the complexity and potential contradiction inherent in any linear history of representation. The authors' ultimate aim is to probe the possibilities of the constructed world—that is, architecture—as a poetic translation, rather than prosaic transcription, of its representations.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alberto Pérez Gómez directs the History and Theory of Architecture Program at McGill University, where he is Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor of the History of Architecture. He is the author of Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science, Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262661136
• ISBN 13: 9780262661133
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 526
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