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Book of Ruins

John Dixon Hunt

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Gathering together short texts and extracts that describe and reflect on ruins, dating from remote antiquity to present times , the book provides a perspective upon what the past has meant to different cultures at different times. Following an introductory essay, the book includes 70 entries, chronologically ordered, each including an attractive indicative image , an introductory commentary by the authors, and the text itself. The texts come from designers as well as other artists , and from literary figures . It concludes by discussing what we do with ruins by way of preservation, conservation, adaptive reuse and appropriation, and contemporary loss and ruin, as illustrated by 9/11 and the Neues Museum and highlighting the continuing relevance of the ruin.

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 19, 2023

ISBN 13: 9781848225558

Book of Ruins

John Dixon Hunt

0/5 ( ratings)

Gathering together short texts and extracts that describe and reflect on ruins, dating from remote antiquity to present times , the book provides a perspective upon what the past has meant to different cultures at different times. Following an introductory essay, the book includes 70 entries, chronologically ordered, each including an attractive indicative image , an introductory commentary by the authors, and the text itself. The texts come from designers as well as other artists , and from literary figures . It concludes by discussing what we do with ruins by way of preservation, conservation, adaptive reuse and appropriation, and contemporary loss and ruin, as illustrated by 9/11 and the Neues Museum and highlighting the continuing relevance of the ruin.

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 19, 2023

ISBN 13: 9781848225558

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