Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader

Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader
ISBN-10
041542464X
ISBN-13
9780415424646
Category
Environment (Aesthetics).
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2009
Author
Ian H. Thompson

Description

Ian Thompson considers 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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