Architectural Representation and the Perspective Hinge

by Alberto Pérez Gómez, Louise Pelletier, Alberto Pérez-Gómez

Book Overview

Writing from inside the discipline of architecture, rather than from the more common extrapolations from the history of painting and philosophy, Alberto P rez-G mez and Louise Pelletier focus on the implications of the tool of perspective (and the hegemony of vision) for architectural representation. Their primary thesis is that tools of representation have a direct influence on the conceptual development of projects and generation of forms, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262661136
• ISBN13: 9780262661133
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher