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Record Nr.

UNINA9910866591403321

Autore

Ramirez Juan Antonio

Titolo

The beehive metaphor : from Gaudi to Le Corbusier / / Juan Antonio Ramirez ; translated by Alexander R. Tulloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion, 2000

ISBN

1-282-45042-5

9786612450426

1-86189-533-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Essays in art and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

RamirezJuan Antonio <1948-2009.>

Disciplina

720

720.1

Soggetti

Architecture - Europe - History - 20th century - Themes, motives

Architecture - Europe - Themes, motives

Beehives

Bees in art

Symbolism in architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published in Spain by Ediciones Siruela, S.A. under the title La metafora de la colmena. De Gaudi a Le Corbusier"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Beehive Metaphor Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Rustic Beehive, Rational Beehive; 2 Working Beehive, Mystical Beehive; 3 Symbolist Beehive, Artistic Beehive; 4 Transparent Beehive, Spiritual Beehive; 5 Mechanical Beehive, Social Beehive; References

Sommario/riassunto

Since time immemorial, bees have been associated with all manner of virtues. The beehive has served as the model for an ideal society, while honey and wax have provided the basis for countless positive metaphors of sweetness and productivity. The natural architecture created by bees in their hives can be said to approach perfection. In The Beehive Metaphor, Juan Antonio Ramírez shows how this lucid modular structure had a considerable influence on the architects and artists who founded the Modern movement. Models from both traditional and ""modern"" or ""rational"" apiculture were