The picturesque : architecture, disgust and other irregularities /
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| Author / Creator: | Macarthur, John, 1958- author. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The classical tradition in architecture Classical tradition in architecture. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12013757 |
| Summary: | In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque - when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor - in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does in the picturesque and how this relates to modern theories of the image how the distaste that might be felt today at the sentimentality of the picturesque was already at play in the eighteenth century how visual values such as 'irregularity' become the basis of modern architectural planning; how the concept of appropriating a view moves from landscape design into urban design why movement is fundamental to picturing the stillness of buildings, cities and landscapes.Drawing on examples from architecture, art and broader culture, John Macarthur's account of this key topic in cultural history, makes engaging reading for all those studying architecture, art history, cultural history or visual studies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-284) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134956906 1134956908 9780203769430 0203769430 9781844721412 1844721418 9781844720118 184472011X |