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Shadow-Makers - A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture (Paperback)
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Shadow-Makers - A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture (Paperback)
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The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From
the gloom of the medieval hearth through to the masterworks of
modernism, shadows have been an essential yet neglected presence in
architectural history. Shadow-Makers tells for the first time the
history of shadows in architecture. It weaves together a rich
narrative - combining close readings of significant buildings both
ancient and modern with architectural theory and art history - to
reveal the key places and moments where shadows shaped architecture
in distinctive and dynamic ways. It shows how shadows are used as
an architectural instrument of form, composition, and visual
effect, while also exploring the deeper cultural context - tracing
differing conceptions of their meaning and symbolism, whether as
places of refuge, devotion, terror, occult practice, sublime
experience or as metaphors of the unconscious. Within a
chronological framework encompassing medieval, baroque,
enlightenment, sublime, picturesque, and modernist movements, a
wide range of topics are explored, from Hawksmoor's London
churches, Japanese temple complexes and the shade-patterns of
Islamic cities, to Ruskin in Venice and Aldo Rossi and Louis Kahn
in the 20th century. This beautifully-illustrated study seeks to
understand the work of these shadow-makers through their drawings,
their writings, and through the masterpieces they built.
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