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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463278503321

Autore

Ragsdale J. Donald

Titolo

Compelling form [[electronic resource] ] : architecture as visual persuasion / / by J. Donald Ragsdale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30879-7

9786613308795

1-4438-3313-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

720.1

Soggetti

Architecture and society

Communication in architecture

Persuasion (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; AFTERWORD; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Compelling Form: Architecture as Visual Persuasion is an assessment of the visual persuasiveness of buildings. It demonstrates that architecture is as capable of social influence as speeches or advertisements are and that an awareness of this influence pr