The City of Collective Memory: Its Historical Imagery and Architectural Entertainments
- ISBN-10
- 026252211X
- ISBN-13
- 9780262522113
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- M. Christine Boyer
Description
Describes the visual and mental models by which urban environment has been recognized, depicted and planned. This analysis draws from geography, critical theory, architecture, literature and painting to identify these maps of the city - as a work of art, as panorama and as spectacle.
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- 1994
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