The unreliable eye : the decline of vision as a reliable source of knowledge in Dutch architectural theory of the nineteenth century

Author

Brouwer, Petra; De Jong-Dalziel, Robyn (Translator)

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Dealing with the visual : art history, aesthetics and visual culture

Author (monograph)

Eck, Caroline van (Editor, Collective Author); Winters, Edward (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Dealing with the visual : art history, aesthetics and visual culture. 2005, 191-208, 3 ill.

Publisher

Ashgate, Aldershot (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

An analysis of the changes in tables of contents and descriptive methods in 19th-c. handbooks of civil architecture by Dutch authors, covering the complete range of different practical and theoretical descriptive levels of architecture, sheds light on changes in architectural theory. From the 1840s onwards, influenced by recent discoveries in mechanics, statics, and geology, knowledge based on practical experience became discredited and the value of visual perception of outward appearance as a source of reliable theoretical knowledge was dismissed in favor of quantitive analysis of processes invisible to the naked eye.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Netherlands
• Architectural theory
• Handbooks
• Civil architecture
• Construction
• Sight
• Knowledge
• Netherlands
• 1800-1900
• Methodology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Pays-Bas
• Théorie de l'architecture
• Manuel
• Architecture civile
• Construction
• Vue
• Connaissance
• Pays-Bas
• 1800-1900
• Méthodologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024208

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