TY - BOOK ID - 21961615 TI - Architectural colossi and the human body : buildings and metaphors PY - 2018 SN - 9781138201170 9781315512938 9781315512907 PB - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Semiotics and architecture KW - Anthropomorphism in architecture KW - Sculpture and architecture KW - Sémiotique et architecture KW - Anthropomorphisme KW - Sculpture KW - Architecture KW - Semiotics KW - anthropomorphism KW - Natural theology KW - architecture [object genre] KW - Sémiotique et architecture. KW - Anthropomorphisme. KW - Sculpture. KW - Architecture. KW - Sémiotique et architecture KW - architectuurfilosofie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21961615 AB - The human body has been used as both a model and metaphor in architecture since antiquity. This book explores how it has been an inspiration for the exterior form of architectural colossi through the years. It considers the body as a source of architectural and artistic representation and in doing so explores the results of such practices in colossal sculptures and architectural praxis within a philosophical discourse of space, time and media. Architectural Colossi and the Human Body discusses the role of Platonic and Cartesian philosophy and how philosophers such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, and theoreticians such as Frascari and Pallasmaa, have seen, described and analysed the human body and the role of architecture and perception. Drawing upon three key case studies and by employing theoretical ideas of Venturi and others, this book will provide an understanding of the role of anthromorphism and the relation and use of the human body with reference to selected architects and artists. ER -