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Beschreibung
Architectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communication that enabled architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city's expansion of buildings and [...] on extensive research in archives, museums, and period publications, Modelling the Metropolis addresses not just architectural models but also an eclectic range of images and objects - from technical products to sculptures, diagrams to engravings, maps to photographs - that dramatize the politics and aesthetics of London architecture in the nineteenth century.
Architectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communication that enabled architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city's expansion of buildings and [...] on extensive research in archives, museums, and period publications, Modelling the Metropolis addresses not just architectural models but also an eclectic range of images and objects - from technical products to sculptures, diagrams to engravings, maps to photographs - that dramatize the politics and aesthetics of London architecture in the nineteenth century.
Zusammenfassung
Matthew Wells ist Assistant Professor für Architekturgeschichte an der University of Manchester und Autor von Survey. Architecture Iconographies (Zürich 2021).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Architektur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 188 S.
ISBN-13: 9783856764357
ISBN-10: 3856764356
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Wells, Matthew
Hersteller: gta Verlag
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Abbildungen: 84 Abbildungen schwarzweiss
Maße: 13 x 164 x 244 mm
Von/Mit: Matthew Wells
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,409 kg
Artikel-ID: 121614665