Ruined skylines : aesthetics, politics and London's towering cityscape /: aesthetics, politics and London's towering cityscape. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Günter Gassner.
• Authors: Gassner, Günter
• Contents: List of figures Acknowledgments The new London skyline Conservative representations A tall-building boom Conservatism Ruination Outline of the book Visual and political representativeness The notion of the skyline Form, power, finance, function Political skylines Agency Composition Western views Compositional wholeness Townscape Image Wholeness Sequence Skyline profiles and sky gaps Linear sequence Occupying the line Optical space Aesthetic and speculative value Reframing building height Aestheticising and beautifying The skyline as a monad Open totality History Enshrinement as heritage History as a process Inward history Historical progress The orderly city Meaning Linear and painterly Religion as capitalism Allegories and symbols Baroque folding Resistance Political images Ruination Conservatism A tall-building boom Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 720/.48309421; City planning -- Economic aspects -- England -- London; Aesthetics -- Political aspects -- England -- London; Tall buildings -- England -- London; ARCHITECTURE / General; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning; ARCHITECTURE / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Aesthetics -- Political aspects; City planning -- Economic aspects; Economic history; Tall buildings; London (England) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; England -- London; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315105895; 1315105896; 9781351602518; 1351602519; 9781351602525; 1351602527; 9781351602501; 1351602500
• Related ISBNs: 9781138094796
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 22, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.