The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture /: meaning and material in western culture. (2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture /: meaning and material in western culture. (2020)
- Main Title:
- The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.480239
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