Architecture and ekphrasis

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Author: Dana ArnoldISBN: 9780719099496Publisher: Manchester University PressYear first published: 20 Oct 2020Pages: 168 Format: HardbackThis well-illustrated, accessibly written bo ok examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Combining original archival material with cultural theory, the book considers the idea of the past and the role of space and time in the visual ekphrasis or description of its architecture. -- . Show more