The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture /: meaning and material in western culture. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan Stewart.
• Authors: Stewart, Susan, 1952-
• Contents: List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Valuing Ruin I. Matter: This Ruined Earth II. Marks: Inscriptions and Spolia III. Mater: Nymphs, Virgins, and Whores—On the Ruin of Women IV. Matrix: Humanism and the Rise of the Ruins Print V. Model: The Architectural Imaginary VI. Mirrors: The Voyages and Fantasies of the Ruins Craze VII. The Unfinished: On the Nonfinality of Certain Works of Art VIII. Resisting Ruin: The Decay of Monuments and the Promises of Language Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Photography Credits Name Index Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.9335; Ruins in literature; Ruins in art; Antiquities in literature; Antiquities in art
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226632759
• Related ISBNs: 9780226632612
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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• 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.