The diagram above suggest the idea of where three different books come together. The red lines do not touch, solidifying the fact that they are three totally different books. The Venn Diagram layered over it shows the idea that the books have concepts that overlap in different area's in one way or another and eventually find a common ground where they meet in the middle with the same concept of "perception".
These three books all share ideas of cultural context, language, significance and perception. Below are little blurbs where each book has a brief synopsis.
Camera Lucida : Roland Barthes
This book suggest the idea of photography as a silent language. It captures a moment and tells a story of its time... which links similar ideas to the concepts of architecture. It enquires the nature and essence of photography and the believe that it brings back the dead.The book investigates how the photographer decides what to capture in a specific moment, and the emotional impact of what the photographer perceives through his lens seen through a cultural and political filter. - Blakeni Walls
SILENT LANGUAGE
CAPTURED MOMENT
STORYTELLERS
Singular Objects of Architecture : Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel
French philosopher and architect engage in a revelatory conversation regarding architecture and visual culture. It's not the architectural sense of the building that interest John Nouvel but the world it translates. The world of architecture, revealing the deeper nature of things, revolves around the world of seduction and illusion to capture the participant and to reflect a conscious hyper-reality.- Sharon Frazier
SEDUCTION
ILLUSION
TRANSLATION
The Sacred and the Profane : Mircea Eliade
This book is divided into four sections: Space, Time, Nature, and Self, which mainly address the basic principles of religion and how that is distinguished through the idea of the sacred and the profane. It emphasizes the formation of the world and the role of centers resulting from the cosmos and chaos. This book provides a significant meaning to the reason why a certain place or space is designated as sacred. Some of the key points that I noticed throughout were the consistant separating details that ultimately relate to the whole. Also, the manifestation of ideas and knowledge that leed to a higher understanding of the divine. - Dajana Nedic
SEPARATION
SIGNS
SIGNIFICANCE
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