Architecture and Ekphrasis - Space, Time and the Embodied Description of the Past

Informationen zum Autor Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History, University of Southampton and Director of the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism Klappentext This well-illustrated, accessibly written book examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Combining original archival material with cultural theory, the book considers the idea of the past and the role of space and time in the visual ekphrasis or description of its architecture. Zusammenfassung This well-illustrated, accessibly written book examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Combining original archival material with cultural theory, the book considers the idea of the past and the role of space and time in the visual ekphrasis or description of its architecture. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Prolegomenon1 The past2 Time3 SpaceEpilogueSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Dana Arnold
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor), Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780719099496
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9949-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture