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San Rocco 1: Islands

By Matteo Ghidoni

San Rocco 1: Islands

By Matteo Ghidoni

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This monotonous fable is recounted at the beginning of the first chapter of Laugiers famous Essai sur l’architecture (1753) and, consequently, at the very beginning of modern architecture. In its sublime lack of inspiration, the fable is impeccable: no antagonists, no encounters, no drama, no plot, no sex, no anecdotes, no noise, no ambiguity, no jokes. There is just primitive man and nature, nothing else. Primitive man is perfectly alone, just like Crusoe on his deserted island. His problems are limited to meteorological conditions: the sun’s heat, rain, humidity. Still, as silly as it may at first seem, this fable is not all that innocent. Some of its curious presuppositions are crucial for the understanding of modernism.
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Number of Pages:
240
Publication Date:
2014
Publisher:
San Rocco
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
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