Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Ruin lust : artists' fascination with ruins, from Turner to the present day /
The aesthetics of the sublime and the picturesque fuelled the 'ruin lust' of the 18th century, but in the 19th century ruins also came to represent fears of the decay of civilisation and the destructive effects of industrialisation. In the 20th century these dystopian visions were made sho...
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| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Tate Publishing,
2014.
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709.41 .D55 2014 |
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