Reading Notes (during read through):
"tools of representation underlie the conception and realization of architecture"
projective tool as product of philosophical tradition
symbols embody specific historical and cultural values
architecture as a formal order reflective of the depth of the human condition
architecture as a poetic translation rather than a prosaic transcription
Architectural Meaning & Tools of the Architect
Gothic period - the creation of a city of God on earth, rhetoric and geometry driven construction process
Renaissance period - geometric physiognomy of a building is conjured and divined by the architect
Seeing and Being Seen
objective basis for beauty is cognition -
Thomas Aquinas
vision related specifically to mathematics and used to grasp the physical structure of reality - Euclid
light of the heavens and experience of the human are united by the phenomenon of vision - Plato
act of perception occurs in the head, not between object and eye -
Al-Hazen
humanity exists in the light of God
Natural Perspective to Artificial Construction
I found this passage fairly confusing and was struggling to understand a holistic concept beneath all of the various examples and philosophies of different architects and philosophers; however, my general understanding is that the development and understanding of perspective as a reality of perception had a monumental impact on the way that architecture was conceived and conducted.
The accurate portrayal of perspective was tied intimately with the ambition to communicate truth, and questioned distinctions between architecture, art, and sculpture. The evolution of architecture from the mission to repair the distorting effect of perspective to the consideration of designing in perspective is reflective of a changing intellectual construct about the way that the human eye sees the world, and how the built form accommodates the psychological connections between the experience of space and the human condition.
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