Reading Landscape by Simon Pugh

Reading Landscape by Simon Pugh

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A collection of essays examining the historical aspects of the complex relationship of country, city and capital from the mid-18th century. The essays cover painting, photography, popular culture, architecture and town and country planning.

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Reading Landscape by Simon Pugh

This collection of essays examines historical aspects of the complex relationship of country, city and capital from the mid-18th century when landscape representations formed part of the ideological setting for the passage from rural to metropolitan capitalism, in relation to a number of landscape modes from Turner and Constable to the recent Garden Festivals. The essays cover painting, photography, popular culture, architecture, town and country planning and contributors include Stephen Bann, John Barrell, Stephen Daniels, Fred Inglis, Marcia Pointon, David Solkin and Raymond Williams.
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ISBN 13 9780719031892
ISBN 10 0719031893
Title Reading Landscape
Author Simon Pugh
Series Cultural Politics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Manchester University Press
Year published 1990-03-08
Number of pages 208
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