Brunelleschi, Lacan, Le Corbusier
The Architecture of the Self
Price: $53.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-41969-7
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st September 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 256
About the Book
This well-argued, analytic text provides a greater understanding of spatial issues in the field of architecture. Re-interpreting the fifteenth century demonstration of perspective, Lorens Holm puts it in relation to today’s theories of subjectivity and elaborates for the first time the theoretical link between architecture and psychoanalysis.
Divided into three sections, Brunelleschi, Lacan, Le Corbusier argues that perspective remains the primary and most satisfying way of representing form, because it is the paradigmatic form of spatial consciousness. Well-illustrated with over 100 images, this compelling book is a valuable study of this key aspect of architectural study and practice, making it an essential read for architects in their first year or their fiftieth.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Vision and its Doubles Part I: Projection and Introjection 1. Two Cartoons: New Yorkers View Themselves 2. Two Photographs: Brunelleschi Views the Altar 3. Two Photographs: Le Corbusier Lost in Space Part II: The Origins of Perspective: Brunelleschi Views the Baptistery 4. Reading Manetti 5. The Historian’s Desire 6. The Mirror Stage of Space Part III: Space & its (Lost) Object 7. Object a in the Visual Field, Lacan’s Object of the Drive 8. Le Corbusier Views the Parthenon Conclusion: The Space of the Subject and the Death of Space