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Author:   Lucien Steil
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9781138246447

ISBN 10:   1138246441
Pages:   548
Publication Date:   09 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword: Capriccio: the efficacy of spatial narrative, Michael Graves; Preface: The Architectual Capriccio: memory, fantasy, invention, Lucien Steil; Introduction, Alireza Sagharchi; ’Il Capriccio’, definition of the capriccio (caprice) in the French Larousse dictionary, trans. Julie Kleinman; Meaning and purpose of the Capriccio, David Mayernik; The poietic image, Samir Younés; The Capricci of Giovanni Paolo Panini, David Mayernik; Patronage in the golden age of the Capriccio, Selena Anders; The grand tour, Lucien Steil; Capriccio: the leap of the goat or the unexpected, Jose Cornelio da Silva; Metaphors for a political urban landscape: Schinkel’s Capricci of a ’new Athens-on-the-Spree’, Jean-François Lejeune; J.M. Gandy’s composite views for John Soane, William Palin; American Capriccio: imaginary architecture in 19th-century painting, Gail Leggio; The Capricci of Carl Laubin, David Watkin; Symmetria and ethics, the didactic Capriccio, David Ligare; Settings: Emily Allchurch and the old masters, Xavier Bray and Minna Moore Ede; Massimo Scolari, Leon Krier; Drawing, Leon Krier; Capriccio, Leon Krier; 'Imago Luxemburgi', Leon Krier; The Capriccio and poetical realism, Lucien Steil; Urban chiaroscuro (after Piranesi): behind the scenes, Emily Allchurch; Sublime architecture: capricci in sketchbook and paintings, Lucien Steil; Le Corbusier’s eye and the vanishing point of modernity, David Brain; The architectural project, an homage to Rob Krier, Lucien Steil; 'La citta analoga': thoughts on the urban Capriccio for the design of real cities, Pier Carlo Bontempi; Magical realism in Miami, Javier Cenicaceleya; A very British Capriccio, Alireza Sagharchi; Building the Capriccio, Robert Adam; Capricci capricciosi, Ettore Maria Mazzola; The double nature of the architectural Capriccio: from pictorial fiction to urban reality, Jean Dethier; Postface: 'techne' and technology, Lucien Steil; The aura of the computer generated image: or virtuosity and

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' ... nearly encyclopedic ... lavishly illustrated ... this collaborative discourse seeks to elevate a once-trivialized art form to noble genre status by polemically redefining its purpose as that of antidote to a modern world impoverished by lifeless, functionalist architectural forms. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Choice 'This tome is a significant contribution to the understanding of the concept of the architectural capriccio, offering a broad discussion and examination of many facets of the phenomenon.' Follies

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Lucien Steil is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, USA and Rome.

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