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Time, History and Architecture

Essays on Critical Historiography
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Time, History and Architecture is a collection of essays by Gevork Hartoonian that critically examines architectural historiography through the lens of thinkers like Walter Benjamin and Gottfried Semper. The book investigates themes such as time, autonomy, periodisation and the construction of architectural history. It introduces the concept of nonsimultaneity and proposes retrospective criticism as a method within critical historiography. This work challenges traditional historicist views and seeks to offer fresh interpretations within architectural theory.
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Ideal for academics and advanced graduate students engaged with architectural history and theory, especially those interested in critical approaches to historiography and cultural criticism.

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Time, History and Architecture presents a series of essays on critical historiography, each addressing a different topic, to elucidate the importance of two influential figures on architectural history – Walter Benjamin and Gottfried Semper.

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Time, History and Architecture presents a series of essays on critical historiography, each addressing a different topic, to elucidate the importance of two influential figures: Walter Benjamin and Gottfried Semper for architectural history.

In a work exploring themes such as time, autonomy, and periodisation, author Gevork Hartoonian unpacks the formation of architectural history; the problem of autonomy in criticism and the historiographic narrative.

Considering the scope of criticism informing the contemporaneity of architecture, the book explores the concept of nonsimultaneity, and introduces retrospective criticism as the agent of critical historiography.

An engaging thematic dialogue for academics and upper-level graduate students interested in architectural history and theory, this book aims to deconstruct the certainties of historicism and to raise new questions and interpretations from established critical canons.

Series: Routledge Research in Architectural History

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367501945

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 2 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Halftones, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Gevork Hartoonian is professor of Architectural History and Theory at the University of Canberra, Australia. He is the author of numerous books, including Global Perspectives on Critical Architecture: Praxis Reloaded (Routledge, 2015). He was the 2013 and 2016 visiting professor of Architectural History at Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

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