Since Greek antiquity, the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book, an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright's and Schindler's houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa's landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert's influential work on the subject.
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"A fitting tribute to the first 75 years of the Rykwert stable."
— Building Design
"... fascinating essays of lasting interest, to which a short review cannot do justice."
— Kate Fusin, The Architect's Journal
— Building Design
"... fascinating essays of lasting interest, to which a short review cannot do justice."
— Kate Fusin, The Architect's Journal
About the Author
George Dodds is Professor of History and Theory in the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee.
Robert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti's On the Art of Building in Ten Books; and Palladio and Palladianism.
Robert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti's On the Art of Building in Ten Books; and Palladio and Palladianism.
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This review is from: Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture (Hardcover)
from Architects' Journal 25/07/2002Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture Edited by George Dodds and Robert Tavernor.MIT Press, 2002. 427pp. ?37.95 This weighty volume, based on a conference six years ago celebrating Joseph Rykwert's 70th birthday, is far more than a congratulatory festschrift. Between its front and back biographical wrappings are fascinating essays of lasting interest, to which a short review cannot do justice....As Rykwert has concluded elsewhere:'History can never teach us. But we may learn from it.' This book is an education.
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