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Reviewing the Past
The Presence of Ruins
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2020
Summary
Though constantly in decay, ruins continue to fascinate the observer. Their still-standing survival is a loud affirmation of their presence, in which we can admire the struggle against the power of Nature aesthetically manifested during the decay.
This volume takes a thematic approach to examining the aesthetics of ruins. It looks at the general aspects of architectural decay and its classical forms of admiration and then turns towards ruins from both classical and contemporary periods, from both Western and non-Western areas, and with examples from “high art” as well as popular culture. Combining the methodologies of art history, aesthetics and cultural history, this book opens up new ways of looking at the phenomenon of ruins.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-78660-760-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-78660-762-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
254
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Contents No access
List of Illustrations No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 The Fragile Presence of Ruins No access
Chapter 2 The Golden Age and Fall of Ruins No access
Chapter 3 In Front of Ruins No access
Chapter 4 Ruins in East-West Perspective No access
Chapter 5 Contemporary Ruins No access
Chapter 6 “Learning from Detroit?”—From Materialised Dreams to Bitter Awakening No access
Chapter 7 Cracks in the Walls No access
Chapter 8 Eulogy to the Fragment No access
Chapter 9 Ruins as Context and Scenery No access
Chapter 10 Mall with Lamassu No access
Chapter 11 What Remains of That Which Has Remained? No access
Chapter 12 “Time Transformed into Space” No access
