On the Ruins of Babel : Architectural Metaphor in German Thought / Daniel L. Purdy.
| Author/creator | Purdy, Daniel L. |
| Other author | Project Muse. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 316 pages ). |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
| Subjects |
| Series | Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.) ^A1054956 Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The decline of the classical orders -- Science or art? : architecture's place within the disciplines -- Architecture in Kant's thought : the metaphor's genealogy -- How much architecture is in Kant's architectonic of pure reason? -- The house of memory : architectural technologies of the self -- Goethe's architectural epiphanies -- The building in Bildung : Goethe, Palladio, and the architectural media -- Goethe and the disappointing site : buildings that do not live up to their images -- Gothic deconstruction : Hegel, Libeskind, and the avant-garde -- Benjamin's mythic architecture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Open Access Unrestricted online access star |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011012711 |
| ISBN | 9780801460050 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |