In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge in Islamic and Western Traditions

Download or read book In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge in Islamic and Western Traditions written by Dr Hooman Koliji and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that design drawings should be recognised as intermediaries, mediating between the world of ideas and the world of things, spanning the intangible and tangible. The book argues that this ‘in-between’ quality to architectural drawing is essential and that it is critical to perceive drawings as subtle bodies that hold physical attributes (e.g. form, proportion, colour), highly evocative, yet with no matter. Focusing on Islamic geometric architectural drawings, both historical and contemporary, it draws on key philosophical and conceptual notions of imagination from the Islamic tradition as these relate to the creative act. It also adds to debates on philosophies of the imagination, linking both Western and Islamic traditions.