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OverviewThe relationship between the architectural representation and its intended product - a building - has undergone a profound transformation over the centuries. Before the age of modern technology, the systematically predictive role of architectural drawing so taken for granted today was less dominant in the evolution from architectural idea to built work. The age of computer-aided design has brought with it a stricter standard of fidelity. However, contemporary architecture need not simply accept the inevitability of a technological imperative. This book demonstrates that representation is never a neutral tool or mere picture of a future building. Writing from inside the discipline of architecture, rather than from the more common extrapolations from the history of painting and philosophy, Alberto Perez-Gomez and Louise Pelletier focus on the implications of the tool of perspective (and the hegemony of vision) for architectural representation. Their primary thesis is that tools of representation have a direct influence on the conceptual development of projects and generation of forms, and that there are alternatives to the reductive working methods of most contemporary practice. The book examines textual evidence across a broad historical period, concentrating on the relationship between drawing and architectural space in the period from the 7th to the 20th century. To understand and evaluate the place of vision in the Western architectural tradition, the book includes a general introduction to optics in antiquity and the Middle Ages and addresses the question of the evolution of linear perspective. This is not, however, a general history of perspective. The book discusses such issues as optical correction and the nature of architectural drawing in selected treatises, revealing the complexity and potential contradiction inherent in any linear history of representation. The authors' ultimate aim is to probe the possibilities of the constructed world - that is, architecture - as a poetic translation, rather than prosaic transcription, of its representations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alberto Pérez-Gómez (Saidye Rosner BronfmanProfessor Director of the History and Theory of Architecture Program, McGill University) , Louise Pelletier (Ecole de design)Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.157kg ISBN: 9780262661133ISBN 10: 0262661136 Pages: 526 Publication Date: 25 August 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a book of extraordinary historical breadth that astutely explores cultural continuity and transformation within architectural representation.-Parachute This is a book of extraordinary historical breadth that astutely explores cultural continuity and transformation within architectural representation. Parachute This is a book of extraordinary historical breadth that astutely explores cultural continuity and transformation within architectural representation. --Parachute Author InformationAlberto Pérez Gómez directs the History and Theory of Architecture Program at McGill University, where he is Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor of the History of Architecture. He is the author of Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science, Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics (both published by the MIT Press), and other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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