Is Architecture Art? : An Introduction to the Aesthetics of Architecture (Paperback)

Introduction 1. Is Architecture Art? Art and Aesthetics, Concepts and History 'Art' Words and Concepts Is Architecture Art? Four Propositions 2. Sensing space Space Empiricism and Aesthetics Architecture and Theories of Space Perception The History of Sensibility From Sense to Common Sense and Standards of Taste 3. Discipline and Technique; Form and Content Medium The Odium of Technique Form and Content Technique and Conceptualization 4. The work of architecture Style and Ornament Expression History Objecthood Interdisciplinarity and the paragone Now 5. Values Beauty and its Lives Ugliness, the Anti-aesthetic, Appropriation Picturesqueness, Interest and Other Forms of Value The Creative Economy 6. Freedom and Utility Autonomy and Politics The Semblance of Use Education and Expertise Conclusion Bibliography Index