Four Historical Definitions of Architecture
Four Historical Definitions of Architecture
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Parcell, Stephen. Four Historical Definitions of Architecture
McGill. 2012
Book ID: 91719
Where does architecture belong in the larger scheme of things? Is it a liberal art? Is it related to painting, music, medicine, or horse training? Is it timeless, or does it have a beginning? To pursue such questions, Stephen Parcell investigates four historical definitions of Western architecture: as a techne in ancient Greece, a mechanical art in medieval Europe, an art of disegno in Renaissance Italy and a fine art in eighteenth-century Europe.
352 pp. Cl.
