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Author Purdy, Daniel L., author.

Title On the ruins of Babel : architectural metaphor in German thought / Daniel L. Purdy.

Publication Info. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The decline of the classical orders -- Science or art? : architecture's place within the disciplines -- Architecture in Kant's thought : the metaphor's genealogy -- How much architecture is in Kant's architectonic of pure reason? -- The house of memory : architectural technologies of the self -- Goethe's architectural epiphanies -- The building in Bildung : Goethe, Palladio, and the architectural media -- Goethe and the disappointing site : buildings that do not live up to their images -- Gothic deconstruction : Hegel, Libeskind, and the avant-garde -- Benjamin's mythic architecture.
Summary Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers deployed Renaissance terminology so that 'harmony' & 'unity' became states of consciousness, rather than terms used to describe the built world.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Architecture and philosophy -- Germany -- History.
Architecture and philosophy.
Germany.
History.
Philosophy, German -- History.
Philosophy, German.
Architecture and literature -- History.
Architecture and literature.
German literature -- History and criticism.
PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
German literature.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: On the ruins of Babel Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2011 9780801476761 (DLC) 2011012711
ISBN 9780801476761 paperback : alkaline paper
0801476763 paperback : alkaline paper
9780801476969 ebook
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9780801460050
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