Architectural Felicitology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.46.946

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2015-12-12

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Short articles

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Keywords:

architecture, felicitology, beauty, theory of architecture, love, taste.

Abstract

The article features the meaning of the category “happiness” applied in the architectural theory. The author suggests a connection between a new explication of “happiness” in architecture and the categories “own place”, “close human relations” and “personal business” as well as the concepts of “the world”.

Author Biography

  • Alexander Rappaport

    Ph.D. in Architecture, Doctor of Art History, member of the UMA, member of the Union of Designers of Russia

References

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Perez-Gomez, A. (1998). “Hypnerotomachia Poliphili» by Francesco Colonna: The erotic nature of architectural meaning.

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