Pallasmaa, Juhani.

The embodied image : imagination and imagery in architecture / Juhani Pallasmaa. - Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2011. - 151 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. - AD primers . - AD primers. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Image in contemporary culture -- Language, thought and image -- The many faces of the image -- The anatomy of the poetic image -- The architectural image.

Architecture is usually analysed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image quality that integrates the various aspects and dimensions of experience into a singular, internalised and remembered entity.

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Architecture--Aesthetics.
Art and architecture.
Architecture--Themes, motives.
Architecture--Philosophy.