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100			_aScruton, Roger
245		4	_aThe Aesthetics of Architecture
260			_a. _bPrinceton Architectural Press _c2013
300			_a320: ill. _c15.49 x 2.29 x 23.11 cm _rPaperback
504			_aA 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.
650			_aArchitecture
650			_aArchitecture aesthetics
650			_aArt and architecture
650			_aTheory and practice
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