Rethinking aesthetics the role of body in design / edited by Ritu Bhatt.

Other author Bhatt, Ritu.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2013.
Descriptionxiii, 239 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Design--Human factors.
Human body.

Contents Role of Aesthetic Response in Everyday Life. Everyday Aesthetics of Embodiment / Richard Shusterman -- Dewey's Big Idea for Aesthetics / Mark Johnson -- Attention and Imaginative Engagement in Marcel Breuer's Atlanta Public Library / Sonit Bafna -- From Buildings to Architecture: Construing Nelson Goodman's Aesthetics / Remei Capdevila-Werning -- The Extended Self: Tacit Knowing and Place Identity / Chris Abel -- Modes of Aesthetic Response: Tacit Perception and Somatic Consciousness. Somatics and Aesthetics: The Role of Body in Design / Galen Cranz -- The Moral Dimension of Japanese Aesthetics / Yuriko Saito -- Traditional Knowledge for Contemporary Users: An Analysis of Everyday Practices of Self-Help in Architecture / Ritu Bhatt -- Environmental Embodiment, Merleau-Ponty, and Bill Hillier's Theory of Space Syntax: Toward a Phenomenology of People-in-Place / David Seamon -- Mental and Existential Ecology / Juhani Pallasmaa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012027479
ISBN9780415534741 (hb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415534758 (pb : alk. paper)