| The Iconography of Landscape: Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cosgrove, Denis (Editor), Daniels, Stephen (Editor), Baker, Alan R. H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521389151 ISBN-13: 9780521389150 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1989 Annotation: The Iconography of Landscape draws together fourteen scholars from diverse disciplines to explore the status of landscape as a cultural image. By applying the art-historical method of iconography--interpreting levels of meaning in human artifacts--to landscapes on paper or canvas, in literary form or on the ground, its contributors show how landscape is an important mode of human signification, informed by, and itself informing social, cultural and political issues. The range of examples is wide in terms of medium, period and place. It covers poetry and promotional literature, architectural design and urban ceremonial maps and paintings; the historical periods discussed range from sixteenth-century Italy to twentieth-century Canada. The book is introduced by the editors' discussion of the meanings of landscape and of the iconographic method in the context of contemporary theoretical and methodological debate on culture and society. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Art |
| Dewey: 700 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.28" W x 8.82" (1.13 lbs) 330 pages |