Landscapes of Memory and Experience - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0419250700 ISBN 13: 9780419250708

Publisher: Spon Press/Taylor & Francis, 2000

Synopsis

It has been argued that the history of landscape and of gardens has been marginalized from the mainstream of art history and visual studies because of a lack of engagement with the theories, methods and concepts of these disciplines. This book explores possible ways out of this impasse in such a way that landscape studies would become pivotal through its theoretical advances, since landscape studies would challenge the underlying assumptions of traditional phenomenological theory. Thus the history and theory of twentieth-century landscape might not only once again share concepts and methods with contemporary art and design history, but might in turn influence them.
A complementary sequel to Relating Architecture to Landscape, this volume of essays explores further areas of interest and discussion in the landscape/architecture debate and offers contributions from a team of well-known researchers, teachers and writers. The choice of topics is wide-ranging and features case studies of modern and contemporary schemes from the USA, Far East and Australasia.

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Jan Birksted

Edition details

• Publisher: Spon Press/Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0419250700
• ISBN 13: 9780419250708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Jan Birksted