Architecture and Ekphrasis: Space, Time and the Embodied Description of the Past

by Dana Arnold

Book Overview

Architecture and ekphrasis examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used to explore the various methods of describing architecture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099501
• ISBN13: 9780719099502
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"