1st Edition
In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge in Islamic and Western Traditions
By Hooman Koliji
Copyright 2015
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Contemporary technical architectural drawings, in establishing a direct relationship between the drawing and its object, tend to privilege the visible physical world at the expense of the invisible intangible ideas and concepts, including that of the designer’s imagination. As a result, drawing may become a utilitarian tool for documentation, devoid of any meaningful value in terms of a kind of... Read more
Part 1 Between Sense and Imagination; Part 2 Between Idea and Thing; Part 3 Between Inside and Outside; Chapter 101 Epilogue;
Biography
Hooman Koliji, University of Maryland, USA.
’Enquiring into the nature of the creative imagination, this book provides a clear alternative to the well-worn dualistic struggle between rationality and subjective aesthetics. Koliji makes a valuable contribution to the historical study of Islamic architecture, and further reveals an innovative way of approaching artworks through the viewpoint of the designer’s imagination that has broad relevance to anyone interested in understanding the process of invention.’ Paul Emmons, Virginia Tech, USA ’This book reinforces the novel directions in research that transcend the gaps in historical sources on art and architecture in the pre-modern Muslim milieu by engagingly intersecting the pathways of architectural humanities with Islamic studies in mainstream theory and discourse.’ Nader El-Bizri, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
