The aesthetics of architecture / Roger Scruton

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Methuen & Co. Ltd., c1979Description: x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 691039488
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 2500 .S37 1979
Contents:
1. Introduction: the problem of architecture -- 2. Architecture and design -- 3. Has architecture and design -- 4. Experiencing architecture -- 5. Judging architecture -- 6. Freud, Marx and meaning -- 7. The language of architecture -- 8. Expression and abstraction -- 9. The sense of detail -- 10. Conclusion: architecture and morality.
Summary: The book has both a theme and a thesis. It is designed, first, to introduce the subject of aesthetics to those who have an interest in architecture, second, to explain the nature and value and aesthetics taste.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 2500 .S37 1979 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000009098
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 2500 .S37 1979 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available NULIB000009151

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: the problem of architecture -- 2. Architecture and design -- 3. Has architecture and design -- 4. Experiencing architecture -- 5. Judging architecture -- 6. Freud, Marx and meaning -- 7. The language of architecture -- 8. Expression and abstraction -- 9. The sense of detail -- 10. Conclusion: architecture and morality.

The book has both a theme and a thesis. It is designed, first, to introduce the subject of aesthetics to those who have an interest in architecture, second, to explain the nature and value and aesthetics taste.

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