NDLI: Chiasmus, Artificial Memory, and the Arts of Arrangement

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Kunze, Donald
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Few figures of classical rhetoric can claim more spatial relevance than “chiasmus,” the figure of symmetrical convergence used by poets, novelists, rhetoricians, mnemonicists and others. Is chiasmus a tool of literati who appropriate spatial forms to pull their plots to closure, or is there an independent architectural tradition of chiasmus? If one pulls together the clues about metonymy, the logic of arrangement, one can discover an intriguing link to Jacques Lacan’s similar design of the human psyche and his topological investigations. The Vitruvian sequence of venustas, utilitas and firmatas may suggest to some nothing more than an arbitrary division of architectural interests. Ritually, however, the relation of firmitas not just to material stability but to the traditional rituals required to secure buildings from both collapse and curse, even if figurative, offers connections to the chiastic design of foundation rites, where sacrifice secures the life and security of structure.
Starting Page	377
Ending Page	388
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15905896
Journal	Nexus Network Journal
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15224600
Language	English
Publisher	SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Publisher Date	2010-09-15
Publisher Place	Basel
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	acoustics allegory Giulio Camillo chiasmus design theory Kabbala Jacques Lacan meaning memory theaters metonymy psychoanalysis Simonides topology symmetry History Popular Science History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Mathematics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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