Pallasmaa, Juhani.

The eyes of the skin : architecture and the senses / Juhani Pallasmaa. - 2nd ed. - Chichester : Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Academy ; John Wiley & Sons, 2005. - 80 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

PART 1.-- Vision and Knowledge. Critics of Ocularcentrism. The Narcissistic and Nihilistic Eye. Oral versus Visual Space. Retinal Architecture and the Loss of Plasticity. An Architecture of Visual Images. Materiality and Time. The Rejection of Alberti's Window. A New Vision and Sensory Balance--. PART 2. The Body in the Centre. Multi-Sensory Experience. The Significance of the Shadow. Acoustic Intimacy. Silence, Time and Solitude. Spaces of Scent. The Shape of Touch. The Taste of Stone. Images of Muscle and Bone. Images of Action. Bodily Identification. Mimesis of the Body. Spaces of Memory and Imagination. An Architecture of the Senses. The Task of Architecture.-- Notes

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Architecture--Aesthetics.
Architecture--Philosophy

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