Living Ruins, Value Conflicts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Living Ruins, Value Conflicts write by Argyro Loukaki. This book was released on 2016-12-05. Living Ruins, Value Conflicts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world. It examines how classical Greek monuments are simultaneously perceived as sublime national symbols and as a mythological and archetypal reference against which Western modernism is measured. The book investigates the dialogue this double identity leads to, as well as frequent clashes between ancient (but also later) monuments and their modern urban or regional environment. Living Ruins, Value Conflicts examines the complex historical process of monument restoration and enhancement, and analyses the nexus of changing perceptions, aesthetic visions and formal principles over the past two centuries. The book shows the ways in which archaeology and monumentality affect modern life, the modern aesthetic, our notions of nationhood, of place, of self - and the limits to and possibilities for national development imposed by the need to ensure ruins are kept 'alive'.
Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge
Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge write by Jean-Pierre Chupin. This book was released on 2015-01-26. Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. [Winner of the 2016 Bronze medal in Architecture, Independent Publisher Book Awards] This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by renowned experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. In 2015, it constitutes the most comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organization, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world. These richly documented contributions revolve around a few questions that can be summarized in a two-fold critical interrogation: How can design competitions - these historical democratic devices, both praised and dreaded by designers - be considered laboratories for the production of environmental design quality, and, ultimately, for the renewing of culture and knowledge? Includes 340 illustrations, bibliographical references and index of over 200 cited competitions. Keywords: Architecture / International competitions / Architectural judgment / Design thinking / Digital archiving (databases) / Architectural publications / Architectural experimentation / Landscape architecture / Urban studies
Life
Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life write by William Brown. This book was released on 2014-09-04. Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Life is a compelling addition to the Darwin College Lecture Series, in which eight distinguished authors each present an essay from their area of expertise devoted to the theme of 'life'. The book forges connections between art, science and the humanities in a vibrant and thought-provoking collection that exposes both conventional and unconventional views on the meaning of life, the enigmatic boundaries between the living and the dead, and what may or may not follow afterwards. This collection arises from the Darwin College Lecture Series of 2012 and includes contributions from eight distinguished scholars, all of whom are held in esteem not only for their research, but also for their ability to communicate their subject to popular audiences.
Life
Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life write by William Arthur Brown. This book was released on 2014-09-04. Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An interdisciplinary exploration on the theme of 'life' with contributions from eight leading scholars across the sciences, arts and humanities.
The Geographical Unconscious
The Geographical Unconscious - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Geographical Unconscious write by Argyro Loukaki. This book was released on 2016-03-09. The Geographical Unconscious available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This ambitious and innovative volume stretches over time and space, over the history of modernity in relation to antiquity, between East and West, to offer insights into what the author terms the 'geographical unconscious.' She argues that, by tapping into this, we can contribute towards the reinstatement of some kind of morality and justice in today's troubled world. Approaching selected moments from ancient times to the present of Greek cultural and aesthetic geographies on the basis of a wide range of sources, the book examines diachronic spatiotemporal flows, some of which are mainly cultural, others urban or landscape-related, in conjunction with parallel currents of change and key issues of our time in the West more generally, but also in the East. In doing so, The Geographical Unconscious reflects on visual and spatial perceptions through the ages; it re-considers selective affinities plus differences and identifies enduring age-old themes, while stressing the deep ancient wisdom, the disregarded relevance of the aesthetic, and the unity between human senses, nature, and space. The analysis provides new insights towards the spatial complexities of the current age, the idea of Europe, of the East, the West, and their interrelations, as well as the notion of modernity.
