Idea and freedom : The search for form in classical architecture and the modern movement / Helen Tatla.

Δωρεά της συγγρ. Ελένης Τάτλα, Μάρτ. 2008

Διδακτορική διατριβή, Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, 1989

Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία (σσ. 204-211)

Περιεχόμενα: Introduction: Discussion of the problem - The notion of the individual as apolitical being as the basis of the research - Articulation of the thesis / The idea of democracy and the genesis of the 'polis' as a metaphysical entity / The classical temple as a symbol of the spirit of 'polis' / The secularization of politics and the genesis of the modern state / The modern conception of art as autonomous / Modern Movement architecture: form as the battle-ground of aesthetic versus economic imperatives / Conclusions: Architecture as a political process - Architectonic creation as intellectual operation - The sources and means of architectonic creation in relation to the role of the architect in classical and modern society - Limits and prospects of a critique in architecture