Reviewing the Past (eBook)

The Presence of Ruins

Zoltan Somhegyi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
274 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78660-762-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;high art"e; 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.3.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Global Aesthetic Research
• Zusatzinfo: 20 Illustrations including: - 20 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Aesthetics • aesthetics of ruins • Art criticism • Cultural History • History of Art • Philosophy • philosophy of art
• ISBN-10: 1-78660-762-X / 178660762X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78660-762-1 / 9781786607621