The architect's brain : neuroscience, creativity, and architecture /

The architect's brain : neuroscience, creativity, and architecture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mallgrave, Harry Francis.
Imprint:	Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Description:	viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cognitive neuroscience. Architects. Architecture and philosophy. Architecture and science. Creative ability. Architects. Architecture and philosophy. Architecture and science. Cognitive neuroscience. Creative ability.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7919850

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Varying Form of Title:	Neuroscience, creativity, and architecture
ISBN:	9781405195850 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405195851 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part 1. Historical Essays
1. The Humanist Brain (Alberti, Vitruvius, and Leonardo)
2. The Enlightened Brain (Perrault, Laugier and Le Roy)
3. The Sensational Brain (Burke, Price, and Knight)
4. The Transcendental Brain (Kant and Schopenhauer)
5. The Animate Brain (Schinkel, Bötticher, and Semper)
6. The Empathetic Brain (Vischer, Wölfflin, and Göller)
7. The Gestalt Brain (The Dynamics of the Sensory Field)
8. The Neurological Brain (Hayek, Hebb, and Neutra)
9. The Phenomenal Brain (Merleau-Ponty, Rasmussen, and Pallasmaa)
Part 2. Neuroscience and Architecture
10. Anatomy: Architecture of the Brain
11. Ambiguity: Architecture of Vision
12. Metaphor: Architecture of Embodiment
13. Hapticity: Architecture of the Senses
14. Epilogue: The Architect's Brain
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index