Anthropomorphism in architecture
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found: Work cat.: 2017016562: Architectural colossi and the human body, 2018:CIP data view (The human body has been used as both a model and metaphor in architecture since antiquity. This book explores how it has been an inspiration for the exterior form of architectural colossi through the years. Drawing upon three key case studies and by employing theoretical ideas of Venturi and others, this book will provide an understanding of the role of anthromorphism and the relation and use of the human body with reference to selected architects and artists) galley (there is a sense of a general conceptual anthropomorphism in every structure that encloses the human body)
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2017-04-10: new
2017-07-13: revised
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