| Biographies and Space: Placing the Subject in Art and Architecture Contributor(s): Arnold, Dana (Editor), Sofaer Derevenski, Joanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415365511 ISBN-13: 9780415365512 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Highly original and thought provoking essays by a group of internationally recognized scholars consider issues of gender, childhood, sexuality and race in respect of the relationship between biographies and space. The result is a wide ranging exploration of the formation of identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 701.8 |
| LCCN: 2007014390 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.08 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing together a collection of high-profile authors, Biographies and Space presents essays exploring the relationship between biography and space and how specific subjects are used as a means of explaining sets of social, cultural and spatial relationships. Biographical methods of historical investigation can bring out the authentic voice of subjects, revealing personal meanings and strategies in space as well as providing a means to analyze relations between the personal and the social. Writing about both actual (architectural) and imagined (pictorial) space, the authors consider issues of gender, childhood, sexuality and race, highlighting an increasing fluidity and interaction between theory, methods and history. Biographies and Space is an original and exciting new book, with direct relevance to both architectural and art history. |
