This book draws from anthropology, ancient history, theology, philosophy and the Holocaust to redefine architectural history for both architects and historians. It also contains ideas and practical propositions that should help sutdents of architecture to build a more human world. The central question of the book is the relationship between architectural history and the current practice of architecture. Van Pelt and Westfall argue that the dominant trends of architectural historiography, which explain buildings and cities ...
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This book draws from anthropology, ancient history, theology, philosophy and the Holocaust to redefine architectural history for both architects and historians. It also contains ideas and practical propositions that should help sutdents of architecture to build a more human world. The central question of the book is the relationship between architectural history and the current practice of architecture. Van Pelt and Westfall argue that the dominant trends of architectural historiography, which explain buildings and cities in stylistic and cultural-historical terms, deny the historian the possiblility of discovering enduring "architectural principles" that inform the practice of contemporary architecture and urban design. The authors reject the modernist assumption that architecture has a relationship only with a specific place and time and argue that, after 200 years of this "age of historicism", architecture should be understood historically and in relation to a process of development through time. Beyond this overall consensus, van Pelt and Westfall discuss architectural history in which Westfall champions the Classical tradition and van Pelt the Judeo-Christian perspective. In alternating chapters, the two authors discuss the concepts that structure each tradition and investigate their validity for current architectural practice. Westfall discusses such topics as the theory of architecture, architecture as political form, and the significance of vernacular architecture. Van Pelt's thoughts range from the Christian typological understanding of history to the urban forms of Periclean Athens to the architecture of Nazi Germany. The book's title deliberately echoes Rudolf Wittkower's 1947 study, "Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism".
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Architecture Book is in excellent condition with deep red covers, silver print at spine, a tiny bit of corner wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Contains "...an invogorating debate on architectural history in which (the two authors) debate the Classical traditon vs. the Judeo-Christian perspective, discussing such topics as the theory of architecture, architecture of political form, and the special character of American cities."
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