The Architectural Capriccio
Author | : Dr Lucien Steil |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2014-01-17 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781409431916 |
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Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio. It not only explains the phenomena within a historical context, but moreover, demonstrates its contemporary validity and appropriateness as a holistic design methodology, an inspiring pictorial strategy, an efficient rendering technique and an optimal didactic tool. The book shows and comments on a wide range of historic masterworks and highlights contemporary artists and architects excelling in a modern updated, refreshed and original tradition of the Capriccio.