Reviewing the past : the presence of ruins /: the presence of ruins. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dr Zoltán Somhegyi.
• Authors: Somhegyi, Zoltán, 1981-
• Contents: Introduction / <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I Classical Tendancies / 1. The fragile presence of ruins. General aspects of the aesthetics of architectural decay / 2. The golden age and fall of ruins / 3. In front of ruins / <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II Modern Appearances / 4. Ruins in East-West perspective / 5. Contemporary ruins. Investigations into a contradiction in terms / 6. &ldquo;Learning from Detroit?&rdquo; &ndash; From materialised dreams to bitter awakening. Aesthetics around decayed shopping malls / <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III When in Works / 7. Cracks in the walls / 8. Eulogy to the fragment. Artworks and ruination / 9. Ruins as context and scenery. Temporal interference as source of aesthetic experience / <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part IV Afterlife 10. Mall with lamassu. Imitated decay and aesthetic education in thematic commercial centres / 11. What remains of that which has remained? Against the eradication of ruins / 12. &ldquo;Time transformed into Space&rdquo;. Orhan Pamuk and the museums of remembrance
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 930.10285; Excavations (Archaeology); Art and architecture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786607621
• Related ISBNs: 9781786607607; 9781786607614
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