The Aesthetics of Architecture by Roger Scruton ( Princeton University Press 1979/1980) explores architectural aesthetics and aesthetic understanding.
Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a return to first principles in contemporary architectural theory, contending that the aesthetic of architecture is, in its very essence, an aesthetic of everyday life. Aesthetic understanding is inseparable from a sense of detail and style, from which the appropriate, the expressive, the beautiful, and the proportionate take their meaning. Scruton provides incisive critiques of the romantic, functionalist, and rationalist theories of design, and of the Freudian, Marxist, and semiological approaches to aesthetic value.
– Roger Scruton, The Aesthetics of Architecture (Princeton Essays on the Arts; Princeton University Press, 1979/1980), excerpt from the book description from the publisher’s website
The text is in English. The book is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy in stock is in good condition. The pages have some small pencil underlines and markings, but otherwise, they are clean. The glueing of the binding is fine. The covers show some small signs of shelf wear and use. The front cover is slightly bent.
