Format:
VIII, 317 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
3110376822
,
9783110376821
Series Statement:
Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary Volumes 3
Content:
"The term 'cityscaping' is here introduced to characterise the creative process through which the image of the city is created and represented in various media--text, film and artefacts. It thus turns attention away from built urban spaces and onto mental images of cities. One focus is on the question of which literary, visual and acoustic means prompt their recipients' spatial imagination; another is to inquire into the semantics and functions that are ascribed to the image of a city as constructed in various media. The examples of ancient texts and works of art, and modern literature and films, are used to elucidate the artistic potential of images of the city and the techniques by which they are semanticised. With its interdisciplinary approach, the volume for the first time makes clear how strongly mental images of urban space, both ancient and modern, have been shaped by the techniques of their representation in media"--From publisher's website
Content:
"The term 'cityscaping' is here introduced to characterise the creative process through which the image of the city is created and represented in various media--text, film and artefacts. It thus turns attention away from built urban spaces and onto mental images of cities. One focus is on the question of which literary, visual and acoustic means prompt their recipients' spatial imagination; another is to inquire into the semantics and functions that are ascribed to the image of a city as constructed in various media. The examples of ancient texts and works of art, and modern literature and films, are used to elucidate the artistic potential of images of the city and the techniques by which they are semanticised. With its interdisciplinary approach, the volume for the first time makes clear how strongly mental images of urban space, both ancient and modern, have been shaped by the techniques of their representation in media"--From publisher's website
Note:
Literaturangaben
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110400960
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110401141
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Cityscaping Berlin : De Gruyter, 2015 ISBN 9783110401141
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110400960
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Stadt
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Mundt, Felix 1973-
Author information:
Stenger, Jan 1972-
Author information:
Fuhrer, Therese 1959-
