Metaphor

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Metaphor : an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture, (Analysing Architecture Notebooks)

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture.

Metaphor is the most powerful component of the poetry of architecture. It has been a significant factor in architecture since the earliest periods of human history, when people were finding ways to give order and meaning to the world in which we live. It is arguable that architecture began with the realisation of metaphor in physical form, and that subsequent movements – from Greek to Gothic, Renaissance to Modern, Victorian to Vernacular… – have all been driven by the emergence or rediscovery of different metaphors by which architecture might be generated.

CONTENTS

Preface. Introduction.  Simile, Cliché, Metaphor?  Body Metaphors.  Gender Metaphors.  Tree Metaphors.  Doorway Metaphors.  Metaphors of Personality.  Temple Metaphors.  Cottage Metaphors.  Architecture-Related Word Metaphors.  The Genetic Metaphor.  Metaphors of Sense and Nonsense.  Mind Metaphors.  Landscape Metaphors.  Machine Metaphors.  The Music Metaphor.  Narrative Metaphors.  Endnote.  Acknowledgements.  Bibliography.  Index.