Nature's objects : geology, aesthetics, and the understanding of materiality in eighteenth-century Britain and France

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-390). === Explorations of aesthetic design and scientific experimentation have traditionally relied upon the natural world as...

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Main Author: Ferng, Jennifer Hsiao-Mei
Other Authors: Mark Jarzombek.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70383