Book 2009

The thinking hand

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 2009

Architecture
Philosophy
Aesthetics
Architecture--aesthetics
Architecture--philosophy
720.1

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.