Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 266 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1784530387
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9780755603725
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9781784530389
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9780857738363
Series Statement:
International library of visual culture 18
Content:
From an examination of the politically-laden spectacle of George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822, to an analyses of Google Earth's role in the construction of a new kind of political map, the essays in this book present innovative ways of understanding visual phenomena in historical and contemporary culture
Content:
The King in the city : the iconology of George IV in Edinburgh, 1822 -- Cityscape with Ferris wheel : Chicago, 1893 -- Falling upon Warsaw : the shadow of Stalin's Palace of Culture -- Adventures on the vertical : from the New Vision to "Powers of Ten" -- 'The way the world sees London' : thoughts on a millennial urban spectacle -- The aerial image : vertigo, transparency and miniaturisation -- Clouds of architecture -- Utopia on ice : the Sunny Mountain Ski-Dome as an allegory of the future -- On Google Earth -- Transcoded indexicality -- Voice, monstrosity and flaying : Anish Kapoor's "Marsyas" as a silent sound work -- A-disciiplinarity and architecture?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755603725
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