{"product_id":"things-that-move-isbn-9780262547505","title":"Things That Move","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of architecture, not as the art of what stays but of what changes and moves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe tend to think of architecture as a practice in permanence, but what if we looked instead for an architecture of transience? In \u003ci\u003eThings That Move, \u003c\/i\u003eTim Anstey does just that: rather than assuming that architecture is, at a certain level, stationary, he considers how architecture moves subjects (referring to its emotive potential in the experience it creates); how it moves objects (referring to how it choreographs bodies in motion); and how it is itself moved (referring to the mixture of materials, laws, affordances, and images that introduce movement into any architectural condition).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of the book’s three sections, “Cargoes,” highlights the mobile peripheries of architectural history through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It asks what kinds of knowledge can be included under a discussion of something called architecture, noting the connections between discourses of the lithe and the technical, on the one hand, and those associated with the production of monumental, static compositions on the other. The second section, “Dispatches,” reinterprets early architectural theory by examining the Renaissance ideal of decorum, the nature of the architectural work, and the ways in which architects are constituted as authors. Lastly, “Vehicles” considers building in terms of literal and metaphorical movement, using two cases from the twentieth century that investigate the relationship between architecture and cultural memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a broadly forensic approach to connect details in otherwise disparate cases, \u003ci\u003eThings That Move\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtakingly capacious architectural account that will change the way readers understand buildings, their becoming, and their significance.Introduction: Cinnabar and Quicksilver 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Cargoes  1530–1910 \u003cbr\u003eArchitecture Aslant 27\u003cbr\u003e Economies of the Interior 91\u003cbr\u003e Moving Large Things About in the Nineteenth Century 131\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Dispatches  1450–1590\u003cbr\u003e Dealing with Decorum 189\u003cbr\u003e Domenico Fontana and the Vatican Obelisk 213\u003cbr\u003e Part III: Vehicles  1890–1960\u003cbr\u003e The Tenants’ Furniture 255\u003cbr\u003e Early Electric 301\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Venezia Santa Lucia 359\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 363\u003cbr\u003e Notes 365\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 399\u003cbr\u003e Index 417“What a feast! \u003ci\u003eThings That Move\u003c\/i\u003e advances a very profound argument about what we talk about when we talk about architecture, and does so with delicious, page-turning narrative brio. A book to be at once devoured and savored.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Richard Wittman, Associate Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThings That Move\u003c\/i\u003e develops a completely original exploration of architecture as concerned with movement, time, and memory. It uncovers the unexplored regions of naval architecture, the architecture of obelisk transportation, or the mnemonic power of automotive vehicles, to argue that architecture is not about solidity but about flux; and about transportation in time and place. It is a fascinating read, full of new insights that will completely change perceptions of Vitruvian theory and modernism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Caroline van Eck, Professor of Art History, Cambridge University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“In this groundbreaking work, Tim Anstey examines architecture through the themes of motion, movement, and relocation. He presents this story through meticulously researched historical episodes recounting the shipping of obelisks to early mass transport hubs. The subject is original, the writing superb. Anstey is a witty and provocative guide through the unfamiliar, unfixed reaches of architecture.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Barbara Penner, Professor of Architectural Humanities, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL\u003c\/b\u003eTim Anstey is Chair of the PhD Programme at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArchitecture and Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e and the designer and cocurator for the international exhibitions \u003ci\u003eImages of Egypt \u003c\/i\u003eat the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, and \u003ci\u003eWarburg Models\u003c\/i\u003e at the Warburg Haus, Berlin and the Architectural Association, London.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302149443813,"sku":"NP9780262547505","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262547505.jpg?v=1767742442","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/things-that-move-isbn-9780262547505","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}