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concept:architecture-as-mother-artArchitecture as Mother-Art
Alexander's characterization of architecture as the fundamental art form that must embody person-stuff
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- Stakes a strong normative claim about the role of art in light of the person-stuff thesis
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- Person-stuffassociated_withAlexander's term for the personal substrate underlying matter; living structure awakens person-stuff in matter
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