Informationen zum Autor Pelletier, Louise Klappentext This innovative title provides an in-depth interdisciplinary study of the influence of theatre and fiction in defining character in eighteenth century architecture, pushing current architects to rediscover the communicative aspects of their work. Zusammenfassung This innovative title provides an in-depth interdisciplinary study of the influence of theatre and fiction in defining character in eighteenth century architecture, pushing current architects to rediscover the communicative aspects of their work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Character and Expression: Staging Architecture 1. Architecture as an Expressive Language 2. Character Theory at the Theatre 3. Rules of Expression and the Paradox of Acting Part 2: Playacting and the Culture of Entertainment: Architecture as Theatre 4. Theatre as the Locus of Public and Social Expression 5. Theatre Architecture and the Role of the Proscenium Part 3: Language and Personal Imagination: An Architecture for the Senses 6. Taste, Talent and Genius in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics 7. Newtonian Empirical Sciences and the Order of Nature 8. Empirical Philosophy and the Nature of Sensations Part 4: Plotting an Architectural Program: The Space of Desire 9. Staging an Architecture in Words 10. The Narrative Space of Desire Conclusion: The Temporality of Human Experience Selected Bibliography

Autorentext

Pelletier, Louise

Klappentext

This innovative title provides an in-depth interdisciplinary study of the influence of theatre and fiction in defining character in eighteenth century architecture, pushing current architects to rediscover the communicative aspects of their work.

Inhalt

Introduction Part 1: Character and Expression: Staging Architecture 1. Architecture as an Expressive Language 2. Character Theory at the Theatre 3. Rules of Expression and the Paradox of Acting Part 2: Playacting and the Culture of Entertainment: Architecture as Theatre 4. Theatre as the Locus of Public and Social Expression 5. Theatre Architecture and the Role of the Proscenium Part 3: Language and Personal Imagination: An Architecture for the Senses 6. Taste, Talent and Genius in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics 7. Newtonian Empirical Sciences and the Order of Nature 8. Empirical Philosophy and the Nature of Sensations Part 4: Plotting an Architectural Program: The Space of Desire 9. Staging an Architecture in Words 10. The Narrative Space of Desire Conclusion: The Temporality of Human Experience Selected Bibliography