| Architecture and Ekphrasis: Space, Time and the Embodied Description of the Past Contributor(s): Jones, Amelia (Editor), Meskimmon, Marsha (Editor), Arnold, Dana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719099498 ISBN-13: 9780719099496 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | History - General - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used to explore the various methods of describing architecture - including graphic techniques, measurement and perspective - all of which demonstrate choices about different modes of ekphrasis. This well-illustrated, accessibly written study will be of interest to academics and students working in a broad range of subject areas. It will also be an essential teaching tool for increasingly popular cross-disciplinary courses. |