Architecture after God : : Babel Resurgent /

Architecture after God : : Babel Resurgent / / Kyle Dugdale.

Architecture after God A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Dugdale, Kyle,
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2022]
©2023
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Exploring Architecture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Babel Resurgent
  • 2. Architecture as Metaphor
  • 3. The Claims of Antiquity upon Modernity
  • 4. The Genesis of Architecture
  • 5. The Tower and the Cathedral
  • 6. The Master Builder
  • 7. New Faith, New Architecture
  • 8. Fabricated Glory
  • 9. Death of the Architect
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Image Credits
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Imprint

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