The aim of this book is to expose readers to architecturersquo;s pretexts that include literary narratives; film; theatre; painting; music; and ritual; as a bridge between diverse intellectual territories and architecture. It introduces a selection of seminal modern and contemporary architectural projects; their situation within the built environment; and their intellectual and formal situation/context as pretexts and design paradigms. Connections between diverse bodies of information will be cultivated along with the ability to posit consequential relationships for the production of architecture. Architecturersquo;s Pretexts seeks to cultivate a vision for architecture that sponsors operative links between the discipline of architecture and those outside of architecture.Exploring the works of various architects including Guiseppe Terragni; Peter Eisenman; Peter Zumthor; Perry Kulper and Smout Allen; and Rem Koolhaas; this book provides the framework to understanding architecture through the lens of art. Key concepts discussed are: allegories; diagrams; form; material; montage; movement; musical ratios; narrative sequence and representation. A valuable tool; with over 75 black and white illustrations; for students and professionals interested in interdisciplinary methods of design thinking.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Full of advice on achieving sparkling effectsBy N C LONIEGenerously detailed with "how to" information. Recommended to me by a friend with 30 years experience of teaching art; who thought it one of the best water colour books she had encountered. If you like working on flowers at large scale this book will particularly please you - most of the illustrations are of botanical subjects - though some aspects of the authors method are perhaps a little less useful for actual size botanical art because of the finely detailed preparatory work she favours. But this is a very minor complaint and you can adapt the methods to suit the subject and scale youre working at. The book is full of outstandingly useful advice; information and detailed demonstration of methods.43 of 44 people found the following review helpful. best book on watercolor that I have readBy T. BurkesI read this book cover to cover and now use it as a reference book. Kincaid not only describes her method of watercolor in clear detail and with many illustrations; but she covers the basics of painting and composition in any medium. She is a very good teacher; reiterating principles throughout the book but in different examples and contexts. Just when I had a question while reading one chapter; she would address it in the very next chapter. In one of the best chapters in the book; she describes and provides photos of her tools and workspace setup. Another really excellent chapter explains glazing and how it works to provide maximum color transparency.Fair warning: Kincaids method is very precise; drawing with a lot of detail and using masking fluid and paper. And she depends on analog photographic slides for reference; instead of digital photos. If you are not into a lot of drawing or want to use digital photos or work from life only; you will need to pick and choose from her method and adapt it to your own. But thats always the case when learning from others.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent resource !By DonnaBeautiful book ! and a very nice resource for this "intermediate level" painter ! I am happy I purchased !!
