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Refinement and enrichment of surfaces in stone, wood and plaster is a fundamental aspect of early modern architecture which has been marginalised by architectural history. Enriching Architecture aims to retrieve and rehabilitate surface achievement as a vital element of early modern buildings in Britain and Ireland. Rejected by modernism, demeaned by the conceptual 'turn' and too often reduced to its representative or social functions, we argue for the historical legitimacy of creative craft skill as a primary agent in architectural production. However, in contrast to the connoisseurial and developmental perspectives of the past, this book is concerned with how surfaces were designed, achieved and experienced. The contributors draw upon the major rethinking of craft and materials within the wider cultural sphere in recent years to deconstruct traditional, oppositional ways of thinking about architectural production. This is not a craft for craft's sake argument but an effort to embed the tangible findings of conservation and curatorial research within an evidence-led architectural history that illuminates the processes of early modern craftsmanship. The book explores broad themes of surface treatment such as wainscot, rustication, plasterwork, and staircase embellishment together with chapters focused on virtuoso buildings and set pieces which illuminate these themes.
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Masonry walls constitute the interface between the building's interior and the outdoor environment. Masonry walls are traditionally composed of fired-clay bricks (solid or perforated) or blocks (concrete or earth-based), but in the past (and even in the present) they were often associated as needing an extra special thermal and acoustical insulation layer. However, over more recent years investigations on thermal and acoustical features has led to the development of new improved bricks and blocks that no longer need these insulation layers. Traditional masonry units (fired-clay bricks, concre
Bricklaying. --- Brickwork. --- Brick work --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Building --- Masonry
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This book is the outcome of the research project "El acto creativo en el proyecto arquitecto´nico" (The Creative Act in the Architectural Project) carried out at the Faculty of Architecture and Art of the UPC and where various specialists (national and international) were invited to participate. "This book reflects on the multiple relationships between art and architecture. The research addresses two thematic nuclei: the relationship between the image in the city, from a temporary experience in contemporaneity. On the other hand, the thought of artistic practices in a dialectical way, addresses the aesthetics of architecture from its complexity. The book opens up reflection on the image as a dynamic trigger between history and recent memory, from Pop Art and how it relates intimately to architecture, as a new kind of radical update of modern design, under certain changing conditions of international capitalism." (HKB Translation) --Verso Cover. Este libro reflexiona sobre las múltiples relaciones entre el arte y la arquitectura, como objeto de estudio. La investigación aborda dos núcleos temáticos: La relación entre la imagen en la ciudad, desde una experiencia temporal en la contemporaneidad. Por otra parte, el pensar las prácticas artísticas de manera dialéctica, aborda las estéticas de la arquitectura desde su complejidad. El libro abre la reflexión sobre la imagen como un activador dinámico entre la historia y el recuerdo reciente, desde el pop y cómo éste se relaciona íntimamente con la arquitectura, como un nuevo tipo de actualización radical del diseño moderno, bajo ciertas condiciones cambiantes del capitalismo internacional, que integra un nuevo vocabulario postindustrial que determina la estética pop del diseño en una forma arquitectónica que moldea el entorno y con él un nuevo tipo de imagen de ciudad.
Architecture --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural. --- City and town life. --- Aesthetics.
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The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) derives primarily from his monumental theoretical foray Der Stil in der technischen und tektonischen Künsten(1860–1862), here translated into English for the first time. A richly illustrated survey of the technical arts (textiles, ceramics, carpentry, masonry), Semper's analysis of the preconditions of style forever changed the interpretative context for aesthetics, architecture, and art history.Style, Semper believed, should be governed by historical function, cultural affinities, creative free will, and the innate properties of each medium. Thus, in an ambitious attempt to turn nineteenth-century artistic discussion away from historicism, aestheticism, and materialism, Semper developed in Der Stila complex picture of stylistic change based on scrutiny of specific objects and a remarkable grasp of cultural variety. The introductory essay offers an account of Semper's life and work, a survey of Der Stil, and a fresh consideration of Semper's landmark study and its lasting significance.Harry Francis Mallgrave is the author of Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century. Michael Robinson's published translations include Adolph Behne's The Modern Functional Building.
Architecture --- Architecture --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Aesthetics --- History
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Providing hands on advice for the conservator, Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration is a unique and valuable guide. Topics covered offer practical guidance on conservation and restoration techniques including the problems of manufacture, cleaning, replacement or repair and mortars. Techniques are illustrated by comprehensive case studies, against a background of the role of past architects and designers in historic schemes.
Tiles --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural. --- Conservation and restoration.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Palaces --- 75.071 ROMANO --- CDL --- Romano, Giulio --- Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Italy) --- Mantova --- Palazzo Te --- Buildings --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural - Italy - Mantua.
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Architecture --- Architecture --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- History --- History --- Sullivan, Louis H. --- Criticism and interpretation.
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