Theorist

Geoffrey Scott

1884–1929 Empathy theory / humanist aesthetics

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Details

Nationality: English

Notes

Librarian-secretary in Bernard Berenson's Florentine circle; author of The Architecture of Humanism (1914), defending Renaissance and Baroque architecture against Ruskin and Pugin on empathy-theory grounds via the four 'fallacies'. Principal English-language conduit for Riegl/Worringer space-and-empathy theory.

Connections

authored The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste
influenced Reyner Banham

Sources

Scott. The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste. Constable, 1914.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Geoffrey Scott." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/geoffrey-scott/. Accessed July 17, 2026.