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Conjuring the Real
. Ed(S): Handa, Rumiko; Potter, James; Borden, Iain
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Description for Conjuring the Real
Paperback. Collection of lectures by distinguished scholars about the uses of architecture in literature, film, and theater. Editor(s): Handa, Rumiko; Potter, James; Borden, Iain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
In the Western world the period from the mid-eighteenth through the nineteenth century was a time of expanding historical consciousness, a period that saw the birth of modern historiography, a profusion of historical novels and paintings, and the widespread production of historical plays. Historical buildings, in themselves already of intense interest to people of the day, also found their way into the multiplying cultural forms as concrete presences anchoring a novelist’s, poet’s, painter’s, or, eventually, filmmaker’s vision of the past. In recent years a number of blockbuster films have used historically significant buildings as filming locations because buildings can concretely bring ... Read more
In the Western world the period from the mid-eighteenth through the nineteenth century was a time of expanding historical consciousness, a period that saw the birth of modern historiography, a profusion of historical novels and paintings, and the widespread production of historical plays. Historical buildings, in themselves already of intense interest to people of the day, also found their way into the multiplying cultural forms as concrete presences anchoring a novelist’s, poet’s, painter’s, or, eventually, filmmaker’s vision of the past. In recent years a number of blockbuster films have used historically significant buildings as filming locations because buildings can concretely bring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803217430
SKU
V9780803217430
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About . Ed(S): Handa, Rumiko; Potter, James; Borden, Iain
Rumiko Handa is a professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. James Potter is a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Iain Borden is a professor of architecture and urban culture at University College London and the author or editor of several books, including The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Contributors: Michael Alexander, Andrew Ballantyne, ... Read more
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