Rethinking landscape : a critical reader / Ian Thompson.

Main entry:

Thompson, Ian H., 1955-

Title & Author:

Rethinking landscape : a critical reader / Ian Thompson.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Description:

xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-240) and index.
Landscape and truth -- Pluralism and trivalent design -- Rationalism -- Empiricism -- The picturesque -- Biological theories -- Use and beauty -- The functionalist aesthetic -- Landscape as art -- Power -- The failure of modernism -- The amelioration of the city -- Participation -- Ecology and environmental ethics -- Ecological perspectives -- Sustainability -- Phenomenology -- The genius loci.

Summary:

Ian Thompson considers the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and explores the key writings which shaped the field in its emergence and maturity.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415424631 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
041542464X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415424639 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415424646 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape architecture Philosophy.
Architecture du paysage Philosophie.
landscape.
value systems.
ethics.
Landschaftsplanung
Philosophie
Landskapsarkitektur filosofi.
landschap
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
theorie
theory
denken
thinking
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274178
Call No.: BIB 207955
Status: Available

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