Juhani Pallasmaa: The Thinking Hand

Cover: 9780470779293 | The Thinking Hand | Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture

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Beschreibung

In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is idolised for its sexual appeal and its social identity, the role of the body in developing a full understanding of the physical world and the human condition has become neglected. The potential of the human body as a knowing entity - with all our senses as well as our entire bodily functions being structured to produce and maintain silent knowledge together - fails to be recognised.

It is only through the unity of mind and body that craftsmanship and artistic work can be fully realised. Even those endeavours that are generally regarded as solely intellectual, such as writing and thinking, depend on this union of mental and manual skills.

In The Thinking Hand, Juhani Pallasmaa reveals the miraculous potential of the human hand. He shows how the pencil in the hand of the artist or architect becomes the bridge between the imagining mind and the emerging image. The book surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand-tool union and eye-hand-mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work. Pallasmaa here continues the exploration begun in his classic work The Eyes of the Skin by further investigating the interplay of emotion and imagination, intelligence and making, theory and life, once again redefining the task of art and architecture through well-grounded human truths.

Über den Autor

Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland's most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers. His previous positions include: Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki; Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki; and Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology. He has also held visiting professorships in several universities internationally. Pallasmaa is the author/editor of 24 books, including The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (Academy, 1995 and John Wiley & Sons, 2005), The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema (Helsinki, 2001) and Encounters (Helsinki, 2005).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Embodied Existence and Sensory Thought 010

Chapter One: The Mysterious Hand 024

The Multiple Essences of the Hand

What is the Hand?

Hand, Eye, Brain and Language

Hand as Symbol

Gestures of the Hand

Languages of the Hand

Chapter Two: The Working Hand 046

The Hand and the Tool

The Hand of the Craftsman

Collaborative Craftsmanship

Architecture as Workmanship

Chapter Three: Eye-Hand-Mind Fusion 070

Experimentation and the Art of Play

Skill and Boredom

Eye, Hand and Mind

Chapter Four: The Drawing Hand 088

Drawing and the Self

Tactility of Drawing

The Computerised Hand

Primacy of Touch: Hapticity of Self-image

Unconscious Touch in Artistic Experience

Chapter Five: Embodied Thinking 106

Creative Fusion

The Work of Thinking: The Value of Uncertainty

Resistance, Tradition and Freedom

Thinking Through the Senses

Embodied Memory and Thought

Existential Knowledge

Chapter Six: Body, Self and Mind 122

The Body as Site

The World and the Self

The World and the Mind

Existential Space in Art

Chapter Seven: Emotion and Imagination 130

Reality of Imagination

The Gift of Imagination

Reality of Art

Art and Emotion

Artistic Experience as Exchange

Chapter Eight: Theory and Life 140

Theory and Making

Opposition of Theory and Making

Architecture as Image of Life

The Task of Art

Index 153

Photo credits 159

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Architektur
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	160 S.
ISBN-13:	9780470779293
ISBN-10:	0470779292
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pallasmaa, Juhani
Hersteller:	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Maße:	217 x 171 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Juhani Pallasmaa
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.03.2009
Gewicht:	0,43 kg

Artikel-ID: 101637653