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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822572103321

Autore

Hartoonian Gevork

Titolo

The mental life of the architectural historian : re-opening the early historiography of modern architecture / / by Gevork Hartoonian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6595-8

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

720.722

Soggetti

Architecture - Historiography

Architectural historians

Architecture, Modern - 20th century - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Starting with the question concerning the discursive formation of architectural history, the chapters compiled in this book attempt to re-read the historiography of early modern architecture from the point of view of the theoretical work produced since the post-war era. Central to the objectives of the argument are the ways in which, firstly, architectural history differs from the traditions of art history, and, secondly, that the historical narrative works its autonomy through theoretical re...