Polyphilo: Or the Dark Forest Revisited - An Erotic Epiphany of Architecture

by Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Alberto Pérez Gómez

Book Overview

This book explores the origins of architectural beauty in the dynamics of sexual desire. It is a departure from the conventional genres of architectural writing and an original reflection on the erotics of architecture. Perez-Gomez retells the love story of the famous Renaissance novel/treatise Hypnerotomachia Poliphili in late 20th century terms. The original work, long a cult book among architects and regarded as one of the most enigmatic books...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026216129X
• ISBN13: 9780262161299
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.