Thinking Hand Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture

Name: Thinking Hand Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture
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ISBN: 9780470779293

ISBN-10: 0470779292

ISBN-13: 9780470779293

Edition: 2009

Authors: Juhani Pallasmaa

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Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 3/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: Embodied Existence and Sensory Thought



The Mysterious Hand


The Multiple Essences of the Hand


What is the Hand?


Hand, Eye, Brain and Language


Hand as Symbol


Gestures of the Hand


Languages of the Hand



The Working Hand


The Hand and the Tool


The Hand of the Craftsman


Collaborative Craftsmanship


Architecture as Workmanship



Eye-Hand-Mind Fusion


Experimentation and the Art of Play


Skill and Boredom


Eye, Hand and Mind



The Drawing Hand


Drawing and the Self


Tactility of Drawing


The Computerised Hand


Primacy of Touch Hapticity of Self-image


Unconscious Touch in Artistic Experience



Embodied Thinking


Creative Fusion


The Work of Thinking The Value of Uncertainty


Resistance, Tradition and Freedom


Thinking Through the Senses


Embodied Memory and Thought


Existential Knowledge



Body, Self and Mind


The Body as Site


The World and the Self


The World and the Mind


Existential Space in Art



Emotion and Imagination


Reality of Imagination


The Gift of Imagination


Reality of Art


Art and Emotion


Artistic Experience as Exchange



Theory and Life


Theory and Making


Opposition of Theory and Making


Architecture as Image of Life


The Task of Art


Index


Photo Credits