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100 _aThathapuzha, Sanal
245 0 _aDeriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory (Also available on CD)
260 _c2004
300 _av,63p.,CD-ROM
505 _aCONTENTS Cover Page Certificate of Approval- i Acknowledgments..- ..iii Title Page- ..01 Basic Argument - Introduction - Premise - Aims and Objectives -Structure - Procedure ..- 02 - 08 PART I - The Beginnings- 09 1 From Animal to Man: from Instinct to Cultural Behavior Evolution of the toolmaking material culture of Homo sapiens..11 Architecture of the Early Civilizations: 2 The orthogonal space conception ,practical geometry and the observations of the rhythmic patterns of solar and astral movements as the basis of Ancient Egyptian Architecture- ..16 3 Indus Valley Civilization and origins of Ancient Indian Architecture: MANDALA Architecture as a model of the Cosmos20 Part II - Architecture since of the age of Reason From Renaissance to modernism..29 4 Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle and Pythagoras - Vitruvious, Leonardo da Vinci - Renaissance Architectural Theory and the Centrally planned churches by Alberti, Palladio and Leonardo da Vinci.31 Pioneers of Modern Architecture: 5 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE The holistic idea in the generic principle of the physical world36 6 SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, EXPERIMENT - THE ENGINEERS AESTHETIC - CUBISM - ARCHITECTURE of Le Corbusier40 Part III - Case Studies 7 The Ancient Roman Temple for all gods, the Pantheon as an image of the universe- 46 8 The Villa Savoye as an embodiment of Duality ..49 Conclusion- 54 Inferences- 57 Illustration Credits.- 59 References and Bibliograpy- ..61
700 _aShukla, Samir (Guide)
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