On the Aesthetics of Architecture: A Psychological Approach to the Structure and the Order of Perceived Architectural Space (Routledge Library Editions: Ethnoscapes)

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Synopsis
Originally published in 1995 as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, On the Aesthetics of Architecture is a result of an interdisciplinary study in architectural theory, psychology and philosophy and the author’s experience as a practicing architect. It tries to relate theories of aesthetics and recent advances in the psychology of visual perception to the practice of design.The text starts with an analysis of traditional and contemporary schools of thought in architectural theory, and then proceeds through the formulation of a general theory of aesthetics based on perceptual and cognitive information processing to a description of the actual conditions under which aesthetic experiences of buildings and cities take place. It exemplifies principles of aesthetic appropriateness through an analysis of architectural space and form.Weber’s book attempts to move the discussion of architectural aesthetics beyond the shifting doctrines of style and the often ambiguous dicta of critics. While the author makes no claim that his interpretation of psychological research will result in good architecture, he does insist on the need to bring the discussion of form back to more objective grounds. As such, it provided a valuable teaching resource and an important new contribution to the discussion among architects themselves, as well as between psychologists, philosophers and art theorists at the time.
Copyright:
1995

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781040150016
Related ISBNs:
9781032820347, 9781040149966, 9781003502883
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
R. Weber
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology, Philosophy
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