Why architects wear black and other grotesque and sublime mysteries : being a demonstration of eros & melancholy in the hermetical art of architecture with reference to the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili of Colonna wherein he showeth, that all things human are but a dream ; in the representation whereof are many things figured salutary and worthy in remembrance / Hypnerotomachia poliphili

Description

A study of the symbolism of love and melancholy in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, an architectural treatise of the Italian Renaissance written as a dream, in which an alchemical narrative structures the shaping of an adept through the education of his cognitive faculties. This author has speculated on the representational strategies of this satyrical and literary architecture and translated into English several key passages from the hero's rhythmythical journey through a musaic architectural wonderland.

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Architecture in literature.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.27478
Date	January 1996
Creators	Winton, T. E. (Tracey Eve)
Contributors	Perez-Gomez, Alberto (advisor)
Publisher	McGill University
Source Sets	Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Format	application/pdf
Coverage	Master of Architecture (School of Architecture.)
Rights	All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relation	alephsysno: 001554407, proquestno: MQ29853, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.