SCHNAPP Alain, RAMOND Sylvie.
Forms of ruin.
LinkArt
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| N° d'inventaire | 30302 |
| Format | 25 x 28 |
| Détails | 455 p., numerous photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
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The book The Forms of Ruin aims to establish a dialogue between all types of ruins. It investigates both the centuries-old traditions that have allowed the emergence of a culture of monumental ruins that has become dominant in the West and the East, and those of societies that are ignorant of the very notion of a monument. All forms of ruin practices are brought together, whether it be the collection of fragments of human activity on and in the ground, the development of natural spaces for memorial or religious purposes, or the construction of buildings such as megaliths, pyramids, and the works of art of the great empires.
The various experiences of ruin are highlighted, from the recovery of buildings of the past, so dear to the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians or the Americans, to the Chinese and the Japanese who partly reject the monumental cult so prized by their contemporaries in Asia, Europe and America. The study of the memory practices of the Indians, the Africans and the Oceanians shows that they favor a kind of pact with Nature rather than a subjugation to grandiose and sometimes even megalomaniac architectures.
Thus, the book offers a sort of journey of ruins, through civilizations and history, right up to our contemporary industrial societies. It is enriched with an anthology and a "ruin book" of 75 entries (places, artists, theorists, concepts).
The various experiences of ruin are highlighted, from the recovery of buildings of the past, so dear to the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians or the Americans, to the Chinese and the Japanese who partly reject the monumental cult so prized by their contemporaries in Asia, Europe and America. The study of the memory practices of the Indians, the Africans and the Oceanians shows that they favor a kind of pact with Nature rather than a subjugation to grandiose and sometimes even megalomaniac architectures.
Thus, the book offers a sort of journey of ruins, through civilizations and history, right up to our contemporary industrial societies. It is enriched with an anthology and a "ruin book" of 75 entries (places, artists, theorists, concepts).
The various experiences of ruin are highlighted, from the recovery of buildings of the past, so dear to the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians or the Americans, to the Chinese and the Japanese who partly reject the monumental cult so prized by their contemporaries in Asia, Europe and America. The study of the memory practices of the Indians, the Africans and the Oceanians shows that they favor a kind of pact with Nature rather than a subjugation to grandiose and sometimes even megalomaniac architectures.
Thus, the book offers a sort of journey of ruins, through civilizations and history, right up to our contemporary industrial societies. It is enriched with an anthology and a "ruin book" of 75 entries (places, artists, theorists, concepts).