Architecture and the crisis of modern science
Perez-Gomez, Alberto
Architecture and the crisis of modern science - London MIT Press 1988 - x,400p.
CONTENTS
I.NUMBER AND ARCHITECTURAL PROPORTION IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 1
CLAUDE PERRAULT AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF PROPORTION 17
2 SYSTEMS OF PROPORTION AND NATURAL SCIENCE 49
II. GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURAL MEANING IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
3 GEOMETRICAL OPERATIONS AS A SOURCE OF MEANING 87
4.SYMBOLIC GEOMETRY IN FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 129
Ill.GEOMETRY AND NUMBER AS TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN ARCHITECTURE
5.PERSPECTIVE, GARDENING, AND ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION 165
6.FORTIFICATION, MENSURATION, AND STEREOTOMY 203
7.STATICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 237
IV.GEOMETRY, NUMBER, AND TECHNOLOGY
8.POSITIVISM, DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, AND SCIENTIFIC BUILDING 272
9.DURAND AND FUNCTIONALISM 297
NOTES 327
BIBLIOGRAPHY 371
INDEX 391
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Architecture and the crisis of modern science - London MIT Press 1988 - x,400p.
CONTENTS
I.NUMBER AND ARCHITECTURAL PROPORTION IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 1
CLAUDE PERRAULT AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF PROPORTION 17
2 SYSTEMS OF PROPORTION AND NATURAL SCIENCE 49
II. GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURAL MEANING IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
3 GEOMETRICAL OPERATIONS AS A SOURCE OF MEANING 87
4.SYMBOLIC GEOMETRY IN FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 129
Ill.GEOMETRY AND NUMBER AS TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN ARCHITECTURE
5.PERSPECTIVE, GARDENING, AND ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION 165
6.FORTIFICATION, MENSURATION, AND STEREOTOMY 203
7.STATICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 237
IV.GEOMETRY, NUMBER, AND TECHNOLOGY
8.POSITIVISM, DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, AND SCIENTIFIC BUILDING 272
9.DURAND AND FUNCTIONALISM 297
NOTES 327
BIBLIOGRAPHY 371
INDEX 391
0262160919
720.1 / PER