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Imagining Spaces and Places seeks to produce an interdisciplinary dialogue between art history and literature studies and other fields of cultural analysis that work with the concepts of space, place and various “scapes”, such as cityscapes, bodyscapes, mindscapes and memoryscapes, as well as the more familiar landscapes. The volume was inspired by new lines of study that underline the experiential and multidimensional aspects of spaces. We explore how art, literature or urban spaces forge “scapes” by imposing or suggesting aesthetic, evaluative or ideological orderings and perceptual as well as emotive perspectives on the “raw material” or on previous ways of spatial worldmaking...
Devoted to the Arts and Crafts Movement past and present, this new magazine celebrates the revival of quality and craftsmanship. Each issue is a portfolio of the best work in new construction, restoration, and interpretive design, presented through intelligent writing and beautiful photographs. Offering hundreds of contemporary resources, it showcases the work not only of past masters, but also of those whose livelihoods are made in creating well-crafted homes and furnishings today. The emphasis is on today’s revival in architecture, furniture, and artisanry, informed by international Arts & Crafts and the early-20th-century movement in America: William Morris through the Bungalow era. Includes historic houses, essays and news, design details, how-to articles, gardens and landscape, kitchens and baths. Lots of expert advice and perspective for those building, renovating, or furnishing a home in the Arts & Crafts spirit. From the publisher of Old-House Interiors magazine and the Design Center Sourcebook. artsandcraftshomes.com
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In kaum einer Zeit der Kultur- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte ist es zu vergleichbar intensiven Wechselbeziehungen zwischen der Wissenschaft und der Literatur, den Künsten sowie der Philosophie gekommen wie in der Epoche der Klassik und Romantik um 1800. Wissenschaftler verfassten Gedichte und Erzählungen oder malten Bilder, Literaten, Maler und Musiker beschäftigten sich mit der Naturforschung und Philosophie. Medizin wurde als Kunst (ars) und Wissenschaft (scientia) verstanden, insbesondere sollten sich Kunst und Philosophie verbinden lassen. In den Kapiteln dieses Buches wird der Bogen von der Weimarer Klassik, die mit Goethe und Wieland vertreten ist, über die Romantik, die auf deutsche...
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