"The question of what is beautiful is possible both to educate and shameful and undemocratic to call," says the author Alain de Botton with a dose of irony. In his latest book "The Architecture of Happiness, he does the impossible, the shameful and undemocratic, and he's doing wonderful. De Botton identifies beauty and explains our emotional reaction to it. His area of choice for the study of subjectivity is the architecture, but his ideas apply to all arts.De expand Botton defines elegance in the architecture as "a quality present whenever a work of architecture in the successful implementation of an act of resistance - holding, spanning, sheltering - did not move with grace and economy as well, where they are not the modesty of the attention has overcome the difficulties. "De Botton goes a step further:" In the literature, prose, was one we designed and arranged ingeniously small set of words to admire you a great show of ideas "Could he be on his own book.. Few books on these subjects are so ethereal accessible or so, yes, written elegantly. "It is easy enough to recognize when a room lit properly and navigate stairs easily, but so much more difficult to convert to an intuitive sense of well being in a logical understanding of the reasons for them," de Botton writes in full awareness the enormous task he has set for itself. "To describe a building beats so nicely, therefore, more than a mere aesthetic preference, it means a special attraction to live, this structure is through the roof, door handles, window frames, staircase and device for conveying a sense of beauty is one. Signs are that we are on a material articulation of certain of our ideas of a good life. not "through a" good life, "de Botton necessarily comfortable, stylish and simple. It offers the thesis that good architecture can not only structurally, but spiritually uplifting. The belief is that "instead of corrupt us, rather than could an idle indulgence for the decadent, exquisite environment us to perfection edge. A beautiful building could strengthen our resolve to be good. "The Architecture of Happiness makes things difficult, like abstracts, symbolism and ideals appear simple. De Botton is a careful, learned, witty and gentle leader who asks only that people are feeling to their environment. His beliefs are so smart, they seem not so much as opinions as principles. He rejects architectural innovation in the interest of novelty. "Intent (A) n architect out to prove otherwise at the end can be seen as disturbing as the over-imaginative pilot or doctor. As important as originality in some areas, restraint and respect of procedures as an important virtues arise in a variety of others. "(Are you listening, Mr. Gehry, Mr. Koolhaas and Daniel Libeskind?) Aiding tremendously in this journey is the most productive use of photographs and, more importantly, their perfect placement on the relevant page of the text. It is a pleasure to have de Botton explain, for example, have the balance of a Barbara Hepworth sculpture or the rhythm of the Doge's Palace facade with no more than an eye for Flick reference.We such a book for us to remember that beautiful building, at their best hand, have the power to improve ourselves spiritually, or at their least to us happy.The architecture HappinessBy Alain de BottonPantheon Books, 280 pages, $ 25
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