Architecture in evolution : The Spandrels of San Marco as a missed opportunity of art history

Abstract

The paper analyses art-historical arguments in the spandrel debate. This debate originated with the article The Spandrels of San Marco, which was published by evolutionary biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin.

Keywords

• Stephen Jay Gould
• Richard Lewontin
• The Spandrels of San Marco
• evolutionary biology
• art history
• history of architecture
• Daniel Dennett