David Karmon

Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance

The Varieties of Architectural Experience

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an innovative approach to Renaissance buildings and cities by reassessing the Renaissance understanding of the senses and the function of this architecture as an 'experiential trigger.' The experience of Renaissance architecture extends beyond scholarly investigations to engage and inspire anyone who encounters these sites.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 201mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9781108477987
• ISBN-10: 1108477984
• Artikelnr.: 60016859

Autorenporträt

David Karmon is Professor of the History of Art and Architecture in the Department of Visual Arts and head of the Architectural Studies program at Holy Cross. The author of The Ruin of the Eternal City (2011), he is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and incoming Chief Editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. A sense of renaissance architecture
2. Architecture and the imagination
3. Movement in the built environment
4. The building of devotion
5. Sensations of health and illness
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments.