On the Ruins of Babel: Architectural Metaphor in German Thought
(Part of the Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Series)
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The eighteenth century struggled to define architecture as either an art or a science--the image of the architect as a grand figure who synthesizes all other disciplines within a single master plan emerged from this discourse. Immanuel Kant and Johann Wolfgang Goethe described the architect as their equal, a genius with godlike creativity. For writers from Descartes to Freud, architectural reasoning provided a method for critically examining...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801476763
ISBN13:9780801476761
Release Date:July 2011
Publisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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