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The Dynamics of Delight - Architecture and Aesthetics (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,461
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The Dynamics of Delight - Architecture and Aesthetics (Hardcover, New): Peter F Smith

The Dynamics of Delight - Architecture and Aesthetics (Hardcover, New)

Peter F Smith

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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.

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.


eBook available with sample pages: 0203401891

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2003
First published: 2003
Authors: Peter F Smith
Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-30009-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN: 0-415-30009-6
Barcode: 9780415300094

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