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Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision
Dianne Harris
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Description for Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision
Paperback. Challenges conventions for viewing and interpreting the landscape, using visual theory to move beyond traditional practices of describing and classifying objects to explore notions of audience and context. This book considers different perspectives, including ancient Roman visions of landscape, the framing techniques of a Moghul palace, and more. Editor(s): Harris, Dianne; Ruggles, D. Fairchild. Num Pages: 304 pages, 95 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 730.
Sites Unseen challenges conventions for viewing and interpreting the landscape, using visual theory to move beyond traditional practices of describing and classifying objects to explore notions of audience and context. While other fields, such as art history and geography, have engaged poststructuralist theory to consider vision and representation, the application of such inquiry to the natural or built environment has lagged behind. This book, by treating landscape as a spatial, psychological, and sensory encounter, aims to bridge this gap, opening a new dialogue for discussing the landscape outside the boundaries of current art criticism and theory.
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Sites Unseen challenges conventions for viewing and interpreting the landscape, using visual theory to move beyond traditional practices of describing and classifying objects to explore notions of audience and context. While other fields, such as art history and geography, have engaged poststructuralist theory to consider vision and representation, the application of such inquiry to the natural or built environment has lagged behind. This book, by treating landscape as a spatial, psychological, and sensory encounter, aims to bridge this gap, opening a new dialogue for discussing the landscape outside the boundaries of current art criticism and theory.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822959595
SKU
V9780822959595
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Ref
99-20
About Dianne Harris
Dianne Harris is a senior program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she focuses on higher education and scholarship in the humanities. From 2015–2017 she served as dean of the College of Humanities and as professor of history at the Univer D. Fairchild Ruggles is associate professor of landscape architecture, architecture, art history, and gender and women's studies ... Read more
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