The Architecture of Humanism A Study in the History of Taste

by Scott, Geoffrey; Reed, Henry Hope; Barolsky, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780393730357
• ISBN10: 0393730352
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Reissued in trade format with a new introduction, The Architecture of Humanism offers a brilliant analysis of the theories and ideas behind much of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture. It discusses the classical tradition as reflected in the architecture of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and the role given the human body in that tradition. It is recommended reading for all architecture students, and essential for those interested in the revival of classical architecture.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Aesthetic Criticism of Geoffrey Scott
Preface	p. 11
Preface to Second Edition	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Renaissance Architecture	p. 25
The Romantic Fallacy	p. 40
The Romantic Fallacy (continued): Naturalism and the Picturesque	p. 60
The Mechanical Fallacy	p. 79
The Ethical Fallacy	p. 97
The Biological Fallacy	p. 127
The Academic Tradition	p. 141
Humanist Values	p. 157
Conclusion	p. 178
Epilogue, 1924	p. 184
Analytic Summary	p. 191
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