Polyphilo, Or, the Dark Forest Revisited: An Erotic Epiphany of Architecture
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This book explores the origins of architectural beauty in the dynamics of sexual desire. It is a departure from the conventional genres of architectural writing and an original reflection on the erotics of architecture. Perez-Gomez retells the love story of the famous Renaissance novel/treatise Hypnerotomachia Poliphili in late 20th century terms. The original work, long a cult book among architects and regarded as one of the most enigmatic books ever published, takes place in a forest. In the retelling, the forest has been replaced by the high tech and pop environment of appliances and airports. Both versions exist somewhere in the borderland between fiction, theory, and pornography. The text is paralleled by a running sequence of photographic collages merging the body and the machine.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:026216129X
ISBN13:9780262161299
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:Mit Pr
Length:352 Pages
Weight:2.25 lbs.
Dimensions:10.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"
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