Nietzsche and "an architecture of our minds"
By: edited by Alexandre Kostka and Irving Wohlfarth.
Contributors: Kostka, Alexandre.; Wohlfarth, Irving.
Series: Issues & debates
Publisher: Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Aesthetics, German -- 19th century
Description: "Nietzsche and "An Architecture of Our Minds" focuses on his seminal ideas about architecture, both actual and metaphorical, and the creative responses they elicited. In this volume, twelve contributors from a variety of disciplines provide fresh readings of the scattered, aphoristic fragments that Nietzsche devoted to the art of building and consider their impact on artists, writers, and architects."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume ... evolved from a symposium titled 'Abbau, Neubau, Überbau: Nietzsche und 'eine Architektur nach unserer Seelen-Art,' which was held at the Hotel Elephant and the Residenzschloss in Weimar, Germany, 11-13 October 1994--T.p. verso.