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Abstract

Introduction

Chapter 1. Paradigms of Form: Idea, Type and Structure.

Chapter 2. Plato's Theory of Ideas: The Metaphysics of Architectural Form.

Chapter 3. Vitruvius' De architectura: The Natures of Architectural Form.

Chapter 4. Renaissance disegno: Idea and Representation.

Chapter 5. The Rise of Perception: Epistemological versus Aesthetic Meaning of Form.

Chapter 6. The Emergence of the Notion of Type: Laugier and Quatremère de Quincy.

Chapter 7. Type and Systematization of Architectural Knowledge: The Theory of J. N. L. Durand.

Chapter 8. Type and Style, in Ninenteenth Century Architectural Theory.

Chapter 9. Art Theory and Psychology of Form: The Identity of Conception and Perception.

Chapter 10. Type and Modern Architecture: From Type to Formal Language.

Chapter 11. Type as Mind Structure.

Epilogue

References