ARCHITECTURE IN THE SOUTH

Combining art and architecture in a single encyclopedic reference book is problematic. Artworks are deeply personal expressions of the artist’s imagination, created by an individuated craft. Architecture is a collective expression of design, spatial occupation, material resource appropriation, and t...

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Published inThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Vol. 21; p. 1
Main Authors JESSIE POESCH, ESTILL CURTIS PENNINGTON
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University of North Carolina Press 14.01.2013
University of North Carolina Press
Subjects
Applied arts
Architectural design
Architectural history
Architecture
Arts
Buildings
Commercial buildings
Cottages
Dwellings
Houses
Institutional buildings
Minor structures
Palaces
Religious buildings
Residential buildings
Towers
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Summary:Combining art and architecture in a single encyclopedic reference book is problematic. Artworks are deeply personal expressions of the artist’s imagination, created by an individuated craft. Architecture is a collective expression of design, spatial occupation, material resource appropriation, and the deployment of a labor force. Though space, material, and labor are all factors of the socioeconomic construct, they are not the usual candidates for aesthetic evaluation. However, as part of the socioeconomic history of architecture the critical issues they provoke have been addressed in several individual entries in this volume. At the same time it is also important to note
ISBN:9780807837184
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