Bringing together ten utopian works that mark important points in the history and an evolution in social and political philosophies, this book not only reflects on the texts and their political philosophy and implications, but also, their architecture and how that architecture informs the political philosophy or social agenda that the author intended. Each of the ten authors expressed their theory through concepts of community and utopian architecture, but each featured an architectural solution at the centre of their social and political philosophy, as none of the cities were ever built, they have remained as utopian literature.…mehr
Bringing together ten utopian works that mark important points in the history and an evolution in social and political philosophies, this book not only reflects on the texts and their political philosophy and implications, but also, their architecture and how that architecture informs the political philosophy or social agenda that the author intended. Each of the ten authors expressed their theory through concepts of community and utopian architecture, but each featured an architectural solution at the centre of their social and political philosophy, as none of the cities were ever built, they have remained as utopian literature.
Dr Tessa Morrison is a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research is multi-disciplinary and incorporates philosophy, mathematics, and the history of architecture along with 3-D computer graphical analysis. She has continued to develop a reputation in the area of architectural history and has a sustained and long term research program with international outputs. Over the last few years she has specialised in seventeenth and eighteenth century studies in architectural history and the history of ideas, including a translation and commentary of Isaac Newton's reconstruction manuscript on Solomon's Temple published in Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture. Her current research is on architects and cities from sixteenth to the nineteenth century that have never been built but have had significant influence through the centuries.
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Introduction Utopian Cities of the Renaissance: From the Ideal City for Craft Guilds to the Mixed Agrarian and Trade Society Filarete-Sforzinda Albrecht Dürer-Fortified Utopia Tommaso Campanella-The City of the Sun Johann Valentin Andreae-Christianopolis Utopian Cities of the Industrial Revolution: From an Agrarian Society to Cooperative and Industrial Cities Joseph Michael Gandy-An Agricultural Village Robert Owen-Villages of Unity and Cooperation James Silk Buckingham-Victoria Robert Pemberton-Queen Victoria Town King Camp Gillette-Metropolis Bradford Peck-The World a Department Store Conclusion
Introduction Utopian Cities of the Renaissance: From the Ideal City for Craft Guilds to the Mixed Agrarian and Trade Society Filarete-Sforzinda Albrecht Dürer-Fortified Utopia Tommaso Campanella-The City of the Sun Johann Valentin Andreae-Christianopolis Utopian Cities of the Industrial Revolution: From an Agrarian Society to Cooperative and Industrial Cities Joseph Michael Gandy-An Agricultural Village Robert Owen-Villages of Unity and Cooperation James Silk Buckingham-Victoria Robert Pemberton-Queen Victoria Town King Camp Gillette-Metropolis Bradford Peck-The World a Department Store Conclusion
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