Work
The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste
Explore in the Atlas →Defended Renaissance and Baroque architecture against Ruskin and Pugin on empathy-theory grounds, using the four 'fallacies' (Romantic, Mechanical, Ethical, Biological) to dismantle Victorian moralism. Principal English-language conduit for Riegl/Worringer space-and-empathy theory.
Body Meaning Heritage
Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- London / Boston
Connections
- articulates Abstraction and Empathy
Referenced by
- Geoffrey Scott authored
Sources
- Scott. The Architecture of Humanism. Constable, 1914.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-architecture-of-humanism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.