[PDF.95gx] The Aesthetics of Ruins: Illustrated by the Author (Value Inquiry Book Series 159)

The Aesthetics of Ruins: Illustrated by the Author (Value Inquiry Book Series 159)

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 | #4225049 in Books |  Rodopi B.V. |  2004-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.45 x2.17 x6.30l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 560 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| The Aesthetics of Ruins as Secular Religion|By Thomas Leddy|If you are a librarian, buy this book! It is not only a very interesting treatise on the aesthetics of ruins (and the only serious, extensive one I know of) but also is just a beautiful object, a beautiful book-as-book. I was reading it in the google version and found this a very limiting experience. Getting hold of| |"The Aesthetics of Ruins is both a simulation and rewarding experience in which we learn to reconsider our perspective on ruins and aesthetics simultaneously. With good humor and clarity, Ginsberg reclaims the study of ruins from the margins... A broad wor

This book constructs a theory of ruins that celebrates their vitality and unity in aesthetic experience. Its argument draws upon over 100 illustrations prepared in 40 countries. Ruins flourish as matter, form, function, incongruity, site, and symbol. Ruin underlies cultural values in cinema, literature and philosophy. Finally, ruin guides meditations upon our mortality and endangered world.

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