Foresights into Architectural Psychology

Prolegomena to a Psychology of Architecture, written by the famous Swiss art historian Heinrich Wölfflin when he was only 22 years old and a university student, is a text that deals with our perception of architectural forms.

This text is also Wölfflin's first published work and seeks to answer the following question he posed to himself as a young philosophy student: "How does architecture, which is the art of building-well-according-to-its-context, manage to create meaning?"

According to the young Wölfflin, the opposition between the formal force that gives life to the organic universe as a whole and matter constitutes "the fundamental theme of architecture."

In this text, Heinrich Wölfflin presents his first efforts to conceptualize artistic expression. He has now put an end to philosophy and embarked on the path of art history.

Who Is This For?

• Architecture and interior design students
• Art history researchers
• Academics interested in architectural theory
• Readers curious about architectural perception and psychology
• Those who follow Heinrich Wölfflin's works
• Those working in the field of architectural aesthetics and philosophy