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The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design

Door Ronald Lee Fleming

Categorie
Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer
#305466-KJ15
Titel
The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design
Auteur
Fleming, Ronald Lee
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Merrell Publishers
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
185894371X
ISBN13
9781858943718
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting
This expertly researched book makes a radical case for accessible public art that fosters a powerful civic experience of connection to place. The author advocates narrative, site-specific public art that engages the popular imagination through common references to history, folklore, culture and geography, and demonstrates how the integration of approachable art with local landscape, architecture and urban design can facilitate identification with locale. Dozens of case studies of spectacular and innovative works throughout the United States are accompanied by practical information, cost and policy analysis, artist interviews, examples of failures and major controversies, and strategies for the future, making this book an essential reference for anyone involved with transforming and improvi... (Lees verder)ng our public spaces.
Pagina's
383
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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