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This book offers an in-depth look at how changing ideas of what nature is and what it means for the United States, have been represented in buildings and landscapes over the past century.
The word "nature" comes from natura, Latin for birth - as do the words nation, native and innate. But nature and nation share more than a common root, they share a common history where one term has been used to define the other. In the United States, the relationship between nation and nature has been central to its colonial and post-colonial history, from the idea of the noble savage to the myth of the frontier. Narrated, painted and filmed, American landscapes have been central to the construction of a national identity. eBook available with sample pages: 0203402030
This book focuses on the ephemeral architecture built for festivals
and shows how these constructions played a role in the development
of Western architectural and urban theory. Festival architecture
has allowed architects to experiment with new ideas, new forms and
new spatial arrangements.
The book is arranged in historical periods from Antiquity to the
modern era. The analyses of specific festivals are set in relation
to contemporary ideas and theories in architecture and urban design
and essays focus on either architecture or urban design. The wealth
of illustrations depict many unusual and rarely seen images from
European festival tradition. The contributors are well-known
architectural historians and art historians.
With contributions from provocative art and architectural
historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary
architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in
developing Western architectural and urban theory. Festival
Architecture is arranged in historical periods - from Antiquity to
the modern era - and divided between analyses of specific
festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban
design ideas and theories. Illustrated with a wealth of unusual and
rarely-seen images from the European festival tradition, this is a
fascinating outline of the history of festival architecture ideal
for postgraduate architecture and urban design students.
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