#karsten harries

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[greatconcerns]

‘urban nature’ ph. by lena c. emery.

Urban Nature — The primary difference between art and architecture is that architecture doesn't only show how the world can and ought to be; it actually makes a part of the world the way it should be and is. Urban Nature is a formal study of architecture in the modern city and specifically the occurrence of natural elements within it. The key task of architecture should be “interpreting the world as a meaningful order in which the individual can find his place in the midst of nature and in the midst of a community”.  – Karsten Harries

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"The emphasis on the point of view is an expression of an awareness that the world is first of all world for man. This implies, although this implication may at first go unrecognized, that man is not just another object in it, man is in some sense beyond the world. The negative sublime reveals this transcendence. By leading man to recognize that he is not at home in the world, it invites him to rise above it. If this movement of introversion lets man touch with the world, it also lets him gain a new freedom. A new ideal image of man has emerged which does not acknowledge a measure beyond man."

The Meaning of Modern Art, Karsten Harries