Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader

by Ian H. Thompson

Book Overview

Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers - and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries.

This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through 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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041542464X
• ISBN13: 9780415424646
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.5"