1st Edition
Building Paradise Episodes in Paradisiacal Thinking
By Harry Francis Mallgrave
Copyright 2022
306 Pages
90 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
306 Pages
90 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
306 Pages
90 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A sweeping historical study, Building Paradise seeks to construct a garden ethic for the design arts. It is an ethic predicated on the idea that, with our recent ecological and biological insights, we can build more intelligently than the status quo of current design practices. The paradisiacal instinct is the motivation behind every artistic impulse. From its theological origins to the... Read more
FOREWORD by Klaske Havik PREFACE 1. IMAGINING PARADISE 2. DIVINE CITIES 3. ORACLES AND AUGURY 4. PARADISES OF FAITH 5. RENAISSANCES 6. PARADISE GARDENS 7. SIMPLY BAROQUE 8. NEW ARCADIA 9. EDEN REVISITED 10. BRAVE NEW WORLD 11. CHARTEUSE INTERMEZZOS 12. THE PASSAGE OF MODERNISM EPILOGUE: THE GARDEN-ETHIC
Biography
Harry Francis Mallgrave is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus from Illinois Institute of Technology and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He received his PhD in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and over the years he has enjoyed a career as teacher, scholar, editor, translator, and architect.
