The Iconography of Landscape - Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments (Paperback, Revised)

The Iconography of Landscape draws together fourteen scholars from diverse disciplines to explore the status of landscape as a cultural image. By applying the art-historical method of iconography--interpreting levels of meaning in human artifacts--to landscapes on paper or canvas, in literary form or on the ground, its contributors show how landscape is an important mode of human signification, informed by, and itself informing social, cultural and political issues. The range of examples is wide in terms of medium, period and place. It covers poetry and promotional literature, architectural design and urban ceremonial maps and paintings; the historical periods discussed range from sixteenth-century Italy to twentieth-century Canada. The book is introduced by the editors' discussion of the meanings of landscape and of the iconographic method in the context of contemporary theoretical and methodological debate on culture and society.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
Release date:	September 1989
First published:	1988
Editors:	Denis Cosgrove • Stephen Daniels
Dimensions:	224 x 160 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	330
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-38915-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Garden design & planning Books > Gardening > Garden design & planning
LSN:	0-521-38915-1
Barcode:	9780521389150

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