J.B. Jackson

Broschiertes Buch

The Necessity for Ruins and Other Topics

Beschreibung

Examines the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. The discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.

Autor

J.B. Jackson was born in 1908 and lived until 1996. Raised and educated in Massachusetts, Jackson studied geography and architecture until he launched the combination of these subjects in his magazine, Landscape. Jackson went on to publish Discovering the Vernacular Landscape (1984), The Essential Landscape: The New Mexico Photographic Survey (1985), and A Sense of Place , a Sense of Time (1994), which won the 1995 PEN International award for the best collection of essays.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9780870232923
• ISBN-10: 0870232924
• Artikelnr.: 21146183