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The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics Paperback - 2003
by Peter F. Smith
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It is only worth examining the experience of aesthetic pleasure if there are grounds for believing that there are objective truths underpinning the subjective experience of beauty. This book explores the roots of aesthetic perception within the framework of individual taste and collective fashion.Its aim is to offer mental tools for the critical analysis of buildings and urban configurations with the purpose of enhancing appreciation of the built environment. It is some of the recent branches of science and biomathematics which provide a platform for a theory of aesthetics which transcends the subjective without undermining subjectivity.Beauty is not arbitrary; there is a logic which informs its infinite variety of manifestations. It is not enough just to know what we like; the experience of beauty is that much richer when we know why we like it.
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Buildings and cities only survive if we value them and wage a constant war on their behalf against entropy.
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- Title The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics
- Author Peter F. Smith
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, New York
- Date 2003-07-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780415300100 / 041530010X
- Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
- Dimensions 9.94 x 7.2 x 0.54 in (25.25 x 18.29 x 1.37 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Architecture - Aesthetics, Architecture - Psychological aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002014811
- Dewey Decimal Code 720.19
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