Cityscaping : Constructing and Modelling Images of the City

Therese Fuhrer

ISBN 10: 3110376822 / ISBN 13: 9783110376821

Published by De Gruyter, De Gruyter, 2015

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The term 'cityscaping' is here introduced to characterise the creative process through which the image of the city is created and represented in various media - text, film and artefacts. It thus turns attention away from built urban spaces and onto mental images of cities. One focus is on the question of which literary, visual and acoustic means prompt their recipients' spatial imagination; another is to inquire into the semantics and functions that are ascribed to the image of a city as constructed in various media. The examples of ancient texts and works of art, and modern literature and films, are used to elucidate the artistic potential of images of the city and the techniques by which they are semanticised. With its interdisciplinary approach, the volume for the first time makes clear how strongly mental images of urban space, both ancient and modern, have been shaped by the techniques of their representation in media.; Der hier neu in die Forschung eingeführte Begriff des 'Cityscaping' charakterisiert den kreativen Prozess, in dem ein Stadtbild in verschiedenen Medien - Text, Film und Artefakten - erschaffen und repräsentiert wird. Er lenkt damit die Aufmerksamkeit von gebauten Stadträumen auf mentale Bilder von Städten. Im Zentrum steht einerseits die Frage, mit welchen literarischen, visuellen und akustischen Mitteln die räumliche Imagination der Rezipienten angeregt wird; andererseits wird untersucht, welche Semantik und Funktionen einem medial konstruierten Stadtbild beigelegt werden. An Beispielen antiker Texte und Kunstwerke, neuzeitlicher Literatur und Filme werden das künstlerische Potenzial und die Techniken der Semantisierung von Stadtbildern beleuchtet. Mit seinem interdisziplinären Ansatz macht der Band erstmals deutlich, wie stark die mentalen Bilder städtischer Räume in der Antike und Neuzeit von medialen Techniken geformt wurden.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cityscaping : Constructing and Modelling Images of the City
• Publisher: De Gruyter, De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110376822
• ISBN 13: 9783110376821
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 160H x 24D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 645 grams

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Synopsis

The term ‘cityscaping’ is here introduced to characterise the creative process through which the image of the city is created and represented in various media – text, film and artefacts. It thus turns attention away from built urban spaces and onto mental images of cities. One focus is on the question of which literary, visual and acoustic means prompt their recipients’ spatial imagination; another is to inquire into the semantics and functions that are ascribed to the image of a city as constructed in various media. The examples of ancient texts and works of art, and modern literature and films, are used to elucidate the artistic potential of images of the city and the techniques by which they are semanticised. With its interdisciplinary approach, the volume for the first time makes clear how strongly mental images of urban space, both ancient and modern, have been shaped by the techniques of their representation in media.

About the Authors

T. Fuhrer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, F. Mundt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, J. R. Stenger, University of Glasgow.

T. Fuhrer, LMU Munich, F. Mundt, HU Berlin, J. Stenger, University of Glasgow.