Knowledge, art, and architecture: Perceptual continuity in Hellenic Greece

dc.contributor.advisorIngersoll, Richarden_US
dc.creatorThurston, Torin Richarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:41:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:41:03Zen_US
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis represents an investigation into a particular determinate of architectural form, perception. By perception, I mean the act of apprehension, understanding and awareness associated with an active search for meaning. I suggest that there exists a perceptual history that affords insight into the creation of architecture. The methodology for this investigation consists of three major components. The first defines a state of perception of a given culture based on that culture's philosophic and scientific investigation. Secondly, this temporal state is given visual meaning through a culture's artistic endeavors. The final section illustrates that a perceptual continuity between knowledge and art continues to influence the built environment and reasserts one's connection to a wholeness of experience. I have applied this methodology to the rise of Western thought and expression in Hellenic Greece. At a time when building form is predominately determined by egotism, ethnocentrism, and economic factors, existential determinates become overshadowed. It is to the degree that these determinates predominate that a timeless architecture is created.en_US
dc.format.extent103 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1990 Thurstonen_US
dc.identifier.citationThurston, Torin Richard. "Knowledge, art, and architecture: Perceptual continuity in Hellenic Greece." (1989) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13476">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13476</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13476en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, art, and architecture: Perceptual continuity in Hellenic Greeceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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