The Iconography of Landscape | Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments

Denis Cosgrove (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0521389151 / ISBN 13: 9780521389150

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2013

The Iconography of Landscape | Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments | Denis Cosgrove (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2013 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9780521389150 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Codice articolo 106868312

Riassunto:

This book, first published in 1988, draws together fourteen scholars from diverse disciplines to explicate the status of landscape as a cultural image.

Recensione: 'Coherently set core essays best serve the book's central theme, and are likewise the most satisfying scholarly endeavours. The social and political implications of changing landscape imagery emerge in fascinating detail in John Lucas' examination of Wordsworth's and Clare's ambivalence toward the picturesque; in Hugh Prince's reflections on the nostalgic timelessness of rural scenes from Gainsborough and Richard Wilson to Constable and Turner; and, above all, in Daniels' polished chapter on the political iconography of woodland ... Spirited and attentive editing and virtually impeccable bookmaking make this volume a pleasure to read.' David Lowenthal, History Today

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Titolo: The Iconography of Landscape | Essays on the...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Taschenbuch
Condizione: Neu