Architecture and Cultural Continuity
the making of festival, experience and historicity
$383.53
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2025
Summary
Architecture and Cultural Continuity: Experiencing Tradition in the Built World
Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture – arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active experiences in relation to cultural traditions of community and belonging, space, ritual, and setting.
A work in three parts, the book first analyses in-depth the Festival of San Giovanni in Florence, an annual series of cel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350411371 |
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| ISBN-10: | 135041137X |
| Author: | Christian Frost |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 862g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 156mm x 26mm |
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In this beautifully illustrated book, Christian Frost has produced a work of great erudition and imagination, a provocative tour de force, exploring the cultural potential of architecture through the ages through the idea of the festive. * Maximilian Sternberg, University of Cambridge, UK *
About The Author
Christian Frost
Christian Frost is Professor of Architecture and Head of Research in the School of Art, Architecture & Design at London Metropolitan University, UK.
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