Croce, Hollein, Feyerabend: Three Thinkers Who Dismantled Architecture's Autonomy
In 'Conversazioni di Architettura', critic Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi explores thinkers who questioned the independence of architecture. Benedetto Croce, in his 1902 publication 'Estetica come scienza dell'espressione e linguistica generale', posited that all art functions as a language, influencing figures such as Luigi Pareyson and Bruno Zevi, and has been translated into fifteen languages. Architect Hans Hollein, in his 1967 work 'Tutto è Architettura', suggested that modern technology broadens architecture's scope to include the environment, interpreting it as a form of communication. Philosopher Paul Feyerabend, in 'Contro il metodo' (1975), contended that scientific advancement is not entirely rational, equating science with art. Puglisi concludes that criticism has now supplanted philosophy, rendering architectural history and criticism intertwined.
Key facts
- Benedetto Croce published 'Estetica come scienza dell'espressione e linguistica generale' in 1902.
- Croce argued that all art is language and empirical divisions between arts are non-essential.
- Croce drew on Giambattista Vico's theory of poetic language.
- Croce's aesthetics influenced Luigi Pareyson, Bruno Zevi, Lionello Venturi, and Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti.
- Hans Hollein wrote 'Tutto è Architettura' in 1967.
- Hollein claimed that modern technology extends architecture's domain to the entire environment.
- Paul Feyerabend published 'Contro il metodo' in 1975.
- Feyerabend argued that scientific progress is not purely rational and 'anything goes'.
- Feyerabend compared science to art, emphasizing ambiguity.
- Prestinenza Puglisi asserts that architectural history and criticism are inseparable.
Entities
Artists
- Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
- Benedetto Croce
- Giambattista Vico
- Hans Hollein
- Paul Feyerabend
- Buckminster Fuller
- Luigi Pareyson
- Bruno Zevi
- Lionello Venturi
- Matteo Marangoni
- Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
- Umberto Eco
- Karl Popper
- Immanuel Kant
Institutions
- Artribune
- Archigram
- Superstudio
- Ant Farm
- Coop Himmelb(l)au
- Associazione Italiana di Architettura e Critica
- Compasses
- presS/Tletter
Locations
- Pescasseroli
- Italy
- New York
- United States
- Austria
- Catania