In 'Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Münsters 'Cosmographia', Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian Münsters 'Cosmographia'. This description of the world, published in Basel from 1544 to 1628, glori…
Cities interrupted: visual culture and urban space
"Working at the intersections of visual, material, and literary culture, Urban Space and Cityscapes seeks in particular : to provide new critical and theoretical perspectives on the city at a time when the condition and future of urbanism are major subjects of international and …
"This volume examines changing perceptions and ideals of town life, from the classical civitas/polis (the lynch-pin of ancient civilisation) to the medieval city (still playing many central roles, but with less of the ideological charge characteristic of Antiquity)." "One centra…
"This volume examines changing perceptions and ideals of town life, from the classical civitas/polis (the lynch-pin of ancient civilisation) to the medieval city (still playing many central roles, but with less of the ideological charge characteristic of Antiquity)." "One centra…
"While computer-aided design has changed the way designers explore and communicate their visions, freehand drawing remains an essential skill for capturing a flow of visual ideas and developing them on the spot. Freehand Drawing & Discovery takes an updated and practical approac…
Re-Imagining the City' examines how contemporary processes of globalization are transforming cultural experience and production in urban spaces. It maps how cultural productions in art, architecture, and communications media are contributing to the re-imagining of place and iden…
"This title provides current insights into the transformation of cities under the forces of globalization in relation to art and creative practices. It offers an interdisciplinary approach to the re-imagining of art in contemporary cities. It offers new perspectives on contempor…