Instruments of Culture: Layered Representations of the Alhambra
Thesis Journal Edition
by Paul Germaine McCoy
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Hardcover, ImageWrap ISBN:
9781006214790
About the Book
Ornament is essential to architecture. The linear categories brought to architecture through the enlightenment have since undermined ornament’s spectrum of abstract and visceral qualities. Through a non-western reading of water and ornament, the representations of the Alhambra’s past reclaim their essential roles in forming the culture of Granada and the role of ornament in architecture.
For students and academics in architecture, design and media studies, architectural and art history, and related fields, this book explores how the stories of sites like the Alhambra can enable the renewal of ornament through historic and contemporary tools in architectural representation.
For students and academics in architecture, design and media studies, architectural and art history, and related fields, this book explores how the stories of sites like the Alhambra can enable the renewal of ornament through historic and contemporary tools in architectural representation.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Architecture
- Additional Categories Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm
# of Pages: 150 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781006214790
- Publish Date: Nov 25, 2021
- Language English
- Keywords Islam, Granada, Alhambra, Water, Ornament
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About the Creator
Paul McCoy
New York, United States
Paul is an aspiring architect from Mission, Texas, who loves making things and drawing places that foreground exciting questions about time, history, and ornament. His thesis, Instruments of Culture: The Layered Representations of the Alhambra performs a non-western reading of ornament that uses water infrastructure to transcend its origins of abstraction and into something visceral and essential to architectural design. He is always seeking to form new partnerships with people with similar values and interests as he continues to develop his post-thesis research. Paul is currently an Architectural Designer at Weiss/Manfredi.