Gathering, Disposing and the Cultivation of Judgement in Sir Henry Wotton's the Elements of Architecture

Stewart, SC

Gathering, Disposing and the Cultivation of Judgement in Sir Henry Wotton's the Elements of Architecture

Stewart, SC

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Publisher:: University of Sydney
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Architectural Theory Review, 2001, 6 (2), pp. 81 - 94
Issue Date:: 2001-01

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dc.contributor.author	Stewart, SC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-2078	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Architectural Theory Review, 2001, 6 (2), pp. 81 - 94	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Employing a hermeneutic approach to Sir Henry Wotton's seventeenth century text on architecture, this paper discloses the discourse on judgement that lies at its heart. Wotton's conception of judgement is Aristotelian, and refers to Aristotle's Ethics; specifically his discourses on practical reasoning, legislation and political wisdom. Addressed to the aristocratic amateur architects of Jacobean England. The Elements of Architecture seeks to provide a 'rule' to guide the cultivation of good judgment in architecture. Nuances of the relationship between 'rule' and 'example' in Wotton's conception of judgement are examined, highlighting a consonance with the play between logos and ethos that is characteristic of Aristotelian ethics. This play, it is argued, is crucial to Wotton's conception of both judgement and architectural making	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Sydney	en_US
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Employing a hermeneutic approach to Sir Henry Wotton's seventeenth century text on architecture, this paper discloses the discourse on judgement that lies at its heart. Wotton's conception of judgement is Aristotelian, and refers to Aristotle's Ethics; specifically his discourses on practical reasoning, legislation and political wisdom. Addressed to the aristocratic amateur architects of Jacobean England. The Elements of Architecture seeks to provide a 'rule' to guide the cultivation of good judgment in architecture. Nuances of the relationship between 'rule' and 'example' in Wotton's conception of judgement are examined, highlighting a consonance with the play between logos and ethos that is characteristic of Aristotelian ethics. This play, it is argued, is crucial to Wotton's conception of both judgement and architectural making

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