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Kenneth Olwig, “The Meanings of Landscape: Essays on Place, Space, Nature and Justice” (Routledge, 2019)
Kenneth Olwig
The Meanings of Landscape
Essays on Place, Space, Nature and Justice
Routledge, 2019

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Science & Technology September 13, 2019 Tricia Keffer

In The Meanings of Landscape: Essays on Place, Space, Nature and Justice (Routledge, 2019), Kenneth Olwig presents explorations in landscape geography and architecture from an environmental humanities perspective. With influence from art, literature, theatre staging, architecture, and garden design, landscape has now come to be viewed as a form of... Read More
Susan Jaques, “The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped An Empire” (Pegasus Books, 2018)
Susan Jaques
The Caesar of Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped An Empire
Pegasus Books, 2018

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 22, 2019 Beth Mauldin

In her book, The Caesar of Paris:  Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped An Empire (Pegasus Books, 2018), Susan Jaques offers up a richly detailed and researched account of Napoleon’s fascination with ancient Rome, and how this obsession shaped not only France in the early part of... Read More
Kapila D. Silva and Amita Sinha, “Cultural Landscapes of South Asia : Studies in Heritage Conservation, and Management” (Routledge, 2017)
Kapila D. Silva and Amita Sinha
Cultural Landscapes of South Asia
Studies in Heritage Conservation, and Management
Routledge, 2017

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network August 15, 2019 Tricia Keffer

The book today is Cultural Landscapes of South Asia : Studies in Heritage Conservation, and Management (Routledge, 2017) edited by Kapila D. Silva and Amita Sinha. It’s the Winner of the Environmental Design Research Association’s 2018 Achievement Award. South Asian architecture and landscapes are not as well known in the... Read More
Chris Reed and Nina-Marie Lister, “Projective Ecologies” (HGSD, 2014)
Chris Reed
Projective Ecologies

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2014

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Chris Reed and Nina-Marie Lister‘s book  Projective Ecologies (Harvard Graduate School of Design 2014) is about how landscape architecture can move forward in the design field beyond garden landscapes to delve into the serious issues of climate change and land use master planing. Projective ecologies is a “how to get... Read More
Erin-Marie Legacey, “Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830” (Cornell UP, 2019)
Erin-Marie Legacey
Making Space for the Dead
Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
Cornell University Press, 2019

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society August 7, 2019 Beth Mauldin

In Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 (Cornell University Press, 2019), Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey, Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University, explores the transformation of burial practices in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Public health concerns under the Old Regime prompted... Read More
Elizabeth Otto, “Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics” (MIT Press, 2019)
Elizabeth Otto
Haunted Bauhaus
Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics
MIT Press, 2019

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 6, 2019 Jana Byars

In this segment of New Books in History, Jana Byars talks with Elizabeth “Libby” Otto, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies and Executive Director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Buffalo about her forthcoming work, Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics... Read More
Nadia Amoroso, “Representing Landscapes: Analogue” (Routledge, 2019)
Nadia Amoroso
Representing Landscapes
Analogue
Routledge, 2019

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books Network August 5, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Nadia Amoroso‘s last book Representing Landscapes: Analogue (Routledge, 2019) focuses the art of hand drawings and why they are still relevant and important in our digital age. Nadia takes us on a journey through the diverse Landscape Architecture University programs showcasing the best in student work. Simple hand drawings can tell... Read More