Architectural Forms and Philosophical StructuresPeter Lang, 2003 - 276 pages Architectural Forms and Philosophical Structures examines architectural and architectonic forms as products of philosophical and epistemological structures in selected cultures and time periods, and analyzes architecture as a text of its culture. Relations between architectural forms and philosophical structures are explored in Western civilization, beginning in Egypt and Greece and culminating in twentieth-century Europe and America. Architecture, like all forms of artistic expression, is interwoven with the beliefs and the structures of knowledge of its culture. |
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... architect Imhotep during the Third Dynasty at the beginning of the Old Kingdom , around 2700 to 2600 BCE , for King Zoser . The architect Im- hotep was also famous as a priest and doctor , and was said to have invented the art of ...
... architect Imhotep during the Third Dynasty at the beginning of the Old Kingdom , around 2700 to 2600 BCE , for King Zoser . The architect Im- hotep was also famous as a priest and doctor , and was said to have invented the art of ...
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... architect . Astrological knowledge was necessary for the architect in order to calculate and coordinate the foundation and ori- entation of the temple in relation to the forces of the cosmos . A portrait of the architect Senmut can also ...
... architect . Astrological knowledge was necessary for the architect in order to calculate and coordinate the foundation and ori- entation of the temple in relation to the forces of the cosmos . A portrait of the architect Senmut can also ...
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... architect emulates God in constructing such a vision , as the builder and architect of the mystical house which requires a conceptuali- zation not limited to structure and technique , but which incorporates all arts and science as well ...
... architect emulates God in constructing such a vision , as the builder and architect of the mystical house which requires a conceptuali- zation not limited to structure and technique , but which incorporates all arts and science as well ...
Contents
Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Egypt | 5 |
Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Greece | 35 |
Francesco Borromini and the Construction of Meaning | 51 |
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