What is Architectural History? considers the questions and problems posed by architectural historians since the rise of the discipline in the late nineteenth century. How do historians of architecture organise past time and relate it to the present? How does historical evidence translate into historical narrative? Should architectural history be useful for practicing architects? If so; how? Leach treats the disciplinarity of architectural history as an open question; moving between three key approaches to historical knowledge of architecture: within art history; as an historical specialisation and; most prominently; within architecture. He suggests that the confusions around this question have been productive; ensuring a rich variety of approaches to the project of exploring architecture historically. Read alongside introductory surveys of western and global architectural history; this book will open up questions of perspective; frame; and intent for students of architecture; art history; and history. Graduate students and established architectural historians will find much in this book to fuel discussions over the current state of the field in which they work.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. EXCELLENT Graduate TextBy DanThis book is a comprehensive collection of works that define the modern research perspectives on 1)how people choose the media they consume 2)how and why people react to media the way they do and 3)how that media impacts individuals and society. I have used this book as a foundation for my research throughout graduate school and now as an assistant professor at a major research university. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the impact of film; television; the Internet; video games; music; etc. I especially recommend the chapters by Raney; Zillmann; and Knobloch; but all the offerings in this book are excellently written and precisely edited. The companion book on video games is in the same vein; it is edited by Vorderer and Bryant.