Ruins and fragments : tales of loss and rediscovery /

For many of us, ruins are alluring, puzzling and endlessly fascinating. This elegant book seeks to explore why. What is it that makes us suspicious of works or histories that are too smooth, too continuous? Is it that urban experience is inherently discontinuous and fragmented, or that the only trut...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Harbison, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion Books, 2015.
Subjects:	Antiquities. Ruined buildings. Ruins in art. Ruins in literature. Ruins in motion pictures. Classical antiquities in art. Classical antiquities in literature.