{"product_id":"the-architects-brain-9780470658253","title":"The Architects Brain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hence these two books from the same publisher and by the same author, Harry Francis Mallgrave, sole writer of the former and co-author with David Goodman of the second book, make a valuable contribution to this growing field of knowledge.\" (Architectural Review, 1 July 2011)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Historical Essays\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Humanist Brain (Alberti, Vitruvius, and Leonardo).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Enlightened Brain (Perrault, Laugier, and Le Roy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Sensational Brain (Burke, Price, and Knight).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Transcendental Brain (Kant and Schopenhauer).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Animate Brain (Schinkel, Bötticher, and Semper).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Empathetic Brain (Vischer, Wölfflin, and Göller).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Gestalt Brain (The Dynamics of the Sensory Field).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Neurological Brain (Hayek, Hebb, and Neutra).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Phenomenal Brain (Merleau-Ponty, Rasmussen, and Pallasmaa).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Neuroscience and Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Anatomy: Architecture of the Brain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Ambiguity: Architecture of Vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Metaphor: Architecture of Embodiment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Hapticity: Architecture of the Senses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Epilogue: The Architect's Brain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402391953751,"sku":"9780470658253","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470658253.jpg?v=1730480260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-architects-brain-9780470658253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}