Pearson, Christie
The Architecture of Bathing
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262044219
- author:
- Pearson, Christie
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 20.3 centimeters (0.57 kg
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Criticism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Architecture of Bathing Body, Landscape, Art by Christie Pearson offers a unique examination of communal bathing and its history from the perspective of architecture and landscape. Through engagingly written chapters that explore architectural typologies and accompanying themes, Pearson celebrates spaces where public and private, sacred and profane, ritual and habitual, pure and impure, nature and culture commingle. With over 260 illustrations, many in color, this book invites readers to experience the interdependent environmental and cultural fabric of our world. Pearson effortlessly combines a practitioner's zest with astonishing erudition, introducing relevant theory and recounting personal experiences to explore the forms that are inextricable from landscapes, bodily practices, and cultural production. By examining architectural typologies such as tub, sensuality; river, flow; waterfall, rejuvenation; and banya, immersion, Pearson reveals the immersive material and social space of architecture itself. This thought-provoking book is a celebration of communal bathing and its significance in our world.
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