There is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot Böhme. Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt Spaces brings together Böhme's most seminal writings on the subject, through ch...(展开全部)

In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did...(展开全部)

史蒂芬·贝利（Stephen Bayley），英国著名文化评论家、畅销书作者、艺术策展人与节目主持人。20世纪80年代早期，他与特伦斯·康伦爵士在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆合作创办了英国第一个永久性设计展览“锅炉房项目”，后来又担任伦敦设计博物馆首席主管。他同时是多家设计师和建筑师事务所的顾问，为包括可口可乐、福特汽车、大众汽车、宝马汽车、绝对伏特加和哈维·尼克斯百货在内的诸多品牌提供咨询服务。作为一名意见鲜明、直言不讳的评论界权威人士，他经常在电视节目中出镜，还是众多报刊的固定撰稿人。他曾应邀在全球各地的大学举办讲座，获得“法兰西文学艺术骑士勋章”，还是英国皇家建筑师协会荣誉会员、威尔士大学和利物浦表演艺术学院荣誉研究员。

史蒂芬·贝利（Stephen Bayley），英国著名文化评论家、畅销书作者、艺术策展人与节目主持人。20世纪80年代早期，他与特伦斯·康伦爵士在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆合作创办了英国第一个永久性设计展览“锅炉房项目”，后来又担任伦敦设计博物馆首席主管。他同时是多家设计师和建筑师事务所的顾问，为包括可口可乐、福特汽车、大众汽车、宝马汽车、绝对伏特加和哈维·尼克斯百货在内的诸多品牌提供咨询服务。作为一名意见鲜明、直言不讳的评论界权威人士，他经常在电视节目中出镜，还是众多报刊的固定撰稿人。他曾应邀在全球各地的大学举办讲座，获得“法兰西文学艺术骑士勋章”，还是英国皇家建筑师协会荣誉会员、威尔士大学和利物浦表演艺术学院荣誉研究员。

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students...(展开全部)

In Atmospheric Noise, Marina Peterson traces entanglements of environmental noise, atmosphere, sense, and matter that cohere in and through encounters with airport noise since the 1960s. Exploring spaces shaped by noise around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), she shows how noise is a way of attuning toward the atmospheric: through noise we learn to listen to the sky and...(展开全部)

In Atmospheric Things Derek P. McCormack explores how atmospheres are imagined, understood, and experienced through experiments with a deceptively simple object: the balloon. Since the invention of balloon flight in the late eighteenth century, balloons have drawn crowds at fairs and expositions, inspired the visions of artists and writers, and driven technological development ...(展开全部)

In Atmospheric Things Derek P. McCormack explores how atmospheres are imagined, understood, and experienced through experiments with a deceptively simple object: the balloon. Since the invention of balloon flight in the late eighteenth century, balloons have drawn crowds at fairs and expositions, inspired the visions of artists and writers, and driven technological development ...(展开全部)