History of architecture

Elegant and accessible, this book is a powerful and imaginative exploration of themes in the history of European ideas.

A new translation of Pico della Mirandola''s most famous work, with extensive notes and commentary.

An internationally distinguished team of contributors explore the richness, diversity and complexity of ideas about freedom across early modern Europe.

An internationally distinguished team of contributors explore the richness, diversity and complexity of ideas about freedom across early modern Europe.

Stefanie Buchenau explores the philosophical and conceptual origins of aesthetics and the philosophy of art.

This book provides insights into the symposion''s importance in Greek culture by tracing the discursive power of its representations.

A new scholarly edition of Lincoln''s writings and speeches providing fresh insight into the man, the politician and political thinker.

This book provides new insights into understanding Descartes'' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions.

This book examines how the experience of living with slavery shaped the way that the Roman elite thought about empire.

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries.

A systematic account of Rousseau''s significance in relation to Kant''s, Fichte''s and Hegel''s views on freedom, dependence and necessity.

The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti's major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often overshadowed by his achievements in architectureLeon Battista Alberti (14041472) was one of the most prolific and original writers of the Italian Renaissancea fact often eclipsed by his more celebrated achievements as an art theorist and architect, and by Jacob Burckhardt's mythologizing of Alberti as a Renaissance or Universal Man.

A philosophical study of the sublime from the height of its popularity to its renewed importance as a form of appreciating and valuing nature.

An exposition of the development of Nietzsche''s philosophy of history in its historical context and of its relevance to contemporary theories.

Anne DeWitt examines how Victorian novelists challenged the claims of men of science to align scientific practice with moral excellence.

This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought.

The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today.

This book gives prominence for the first time to Mill''s abiding concern with Malthusianism and its impact on his arguments respecting liberty.

Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices explores how the changing modes of representation in architecture and urbanism relate to the transformation of how the addressees of architecture and urbanism are conceived.

These translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauer''s contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature.

This book develops a Kierkegaard-inspired account of proper self-love which accommodates trust, hope, and forgiveness of self and others.

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.

This is a book about sound studios, focusing on their architectural and geographical aspects.

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experiments-unique interdisciplinary encounters and performed events generated through collaborations between architects and choreographers.

This book presents a comprehensive review of archaeological and environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6000 BC.

This book presents a comprehensive review of archaeological and environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6000 BC.

Examines architectural design, construction practices, and participation in construction projects in the fifteenth-century Ottoman Empire.

This beautifully illustrated monograph presents the first synthetic study of Gothic ivory sculpture in its historical, social, and artistic contexts.

This beautifully illustrated monograph presents the first synthetic study of Gothic ivory sculpture in its historical, social, and artistic contexts.

Breaks new ground by reconstructing a scenario for the ritual and ideological origins of nudity in Greek art and culture.

Breaks new ground by reconstructing a scenario for the ritual and ideological origins of nudity in Greek art and culture.

This book offers a new perspective on French architecture, describing the impact of political history on the architectural development of Paris.

This book offers a new perspective on French architecture, describing the impact of political history on the architectural development of Paris.

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do and the ways in which our surroundings ?

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do and the ways in which our surroundings ?

This book reveals the 'epistemic imposition' of architectural ideas and practices by colonists from the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies from the late-19th century onwards, exploring the ways in which this came to shape the profession up to the present day in what is now known as Indonesia.

This book reveals the 'epistemic imposition' of architectural ideas and practices by colonists from the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies from the late-19th century onwards, exploring the ways in which this came to shape the profession up to the present day in what is now known as Indonesia.

This book introduces architectural applications of parametric methods in design, drawing direct connections between each phase of the architectural design process with relevant parametric approaches.

This book introduces architectural applications of parametric methods in design, drawing direct connections between each phase of the architectural design process with relevant parametric approaches.

Architectural modelmakers have long carried out their work hidden behind the scenes of architectural design, and in presenting a history of architectural modelmaking in Britain for the first time, this book casts a new light on their remarkable skills and achievements.

Architectural modelmakers have long carried out their work hidden behind the scenes of architectural design, and in presenting a history of architectural modelmaking in Britain for the first time, this book casts a new light on their remarkable skills and achievements.

Britain has a rich heritage of school buildings dating from the later Middle Ages to the present day.

This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and design processes within digital culture.

This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and design processes within digital culture.

'It was like heaven!

'It was like heaven!

This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics.