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The Necessity for Ruins: And Other Topics
J. B. Jackson
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Description for The Necessity for Ruins: And Other Topics
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Essays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. Discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.
Essays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. Discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9780870232923
SKU
V9780870232923
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About J. B. Jackson
J.B. Jackson was born in 1908 and lived until 1996. Raised and educated in Massachusetts, Jackson studied geography and architecture until he launched the combination of these subjects in his magazine, Landscape. Jackson went on to publish Discovering the Vernacular Landscape (1984), The Essential Landscape: The New Mexico Photographic Survey (1985), and A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time ... Read more
Reviews for The Necessity for Ruins: And Other Topics
In our era of scientific geography it is refreshing to find thought provoking entertainment such as J. B. Jackson offers here in these nine essays. They derived from keen observation and knowledge; they are articulate and discursive. In the course of 30 years of work with Landscape and in his subsequent books, Jackson has emerged as a thoughtful and stimulating ... Read more