Charles Robert Cockerell - architect in time : reflections around anachronistic drawings

Charles Robert Cockerell - architect in time reflections around anachronistic drawings

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Historicism and the Experience of History; 1 The Professor's Dream: Architecture in Time; 2 Plate X: Living History; Part II Drawing and Building in Time; 3 Fantasy of St George's Hall, Liv...

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1. Verfasser: Bordeleau, Anne (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cockerell, Charles Robert (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Farnham Ashgate 2014
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate studies in architecture
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Cockerell, C. R. > Criticism and interpretation > Cockerell, Charles Robert > Philosophie > Architecture, Modern > Philosophy > Architektur > Ästhetik > Zeichnung
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Zusammenfassung:Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Historicism and the Experience of History; 1 The Professor's Dream: Architecture in Time; 2 Plate X: Living History; Part II Drawing and Building in Time; 3 Fantasy of St George's Hall, Liverpool, under Construction: Between Pasts and Futures; 4 Cambridge University Library under Construction: Building Fragments; Part III The Language of Ornaments; 5 Bassae Capital: The Indexical Nature of Architecture; 6 'The architect's own hand is seen here': Architecture and Representation
Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture, time and history, this book offers insights on issues still relevant today-the struggle between imitation and innovation, the definition (or rejection) of aesthetic experience, the grounds of architectural judgment (who decides and how), or fundamentally, how to act (i.e. build) when there is no longer a single grand narrative but a plurality of possible histories. Six drawings provide the foundation of an itinerary through Charles Robert Cockerell's conception of architectur
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 212 S., [4] Bl.
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ISBN:9781409453697
978-1-4094-5369-7