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Ornament
The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity
Langbeschreibung
Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research. The author is a theorist and historian who also has a deep knowledge of the effects that digital culture has on architecture - his most recent book deals with this set of issues. A historical perspective is often necessary to understand the potential for change of the present. He asks whether we may be on the verge of a radical redefinition of the relation between architecture and politics based on the emergence of a new relation between subjectivity and ornament.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Architecture as Ornament? 009Chapter 1: A Problematic Return 017The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture 019Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament 027The Subjective and the Political 047Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity 059The Visage of Architecture 060The Architect between Rules and Invention 062Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament 073From Clients to Passer-By 082Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse 090The Ghost of ornament 097Chapter 3: Politics of Ornament 103From Economics to Politics 103Communication and Style 106The Power of Architectural Décor 122Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament 129A New Architectural Subject 129Political Uncertainties 144Meaning and Symbols 145Bibliography 157Index 163Picture Credits 167
Antoine Picon is the G Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology and Co-Director of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). He is also Director of Research at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris. He has published numerous books and articles mostly dealing with the complementary histories of architecture, science and technology, among which are: French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment (Cambridge University Press, 1992 and 2009), Claude Perrault (1613-1688) ou la curiosité d'un classique (Picard, 1988), L'Invention de l'Ingénieur Moderne, L'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées 1747-1851 (Presses de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1992), La Ville Territoire des Cyborgs (L'Imprimeur, 1998), Les Saint-Simoniens: Raison, Imaginaire, et Utopie (Belin, 2002), and Digital Culture in Architecture: An Introduction for the Design Professions (Birkhäuser, 2010).
ISBN-13:
9781119965954
Veröffentl:
2013
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.05.2013
Seiten:
176
Autor:
Antoine Picon
Gewicht:
305 g
Format:
244x170x9 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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