TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scruton, Roger
TI  - The Aesthetics of Architecture
SN  - 9780691158334
U1  - VSCL 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - .
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Architecture aesthetics
KW  - Art and architecture
KW  - Theory and practice
N1  - A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton. Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a return to first principles in contemporary architectural theory, contending that the aesthetic of architecture is, in its very essence, an aesthetic of everyday life. Aesthetic understanding is inseparable from a sense of detail and style, from which the appropriate, the expressive, the beautiful, and the proportionate take their meaning. Scruton provides incisive critiques of the romantic, functionalist, and rationalist theories of design, and of the Freudian, Marxist, and semiological approaches to aesthetic value
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