The Eternal Present, Volume II: The Beginnings of Architecture

An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historianIn The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their...

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Main Author: Giedion, Sigfried (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2023]
Series:The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts 35
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Summary:An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historianIn The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (604 pages) 345 b/w illus. 3 maps
ISBN:9780691251899
DOI:10.1515/9780691251899

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