Title:
Art, space and the city : public art and urban futures
Author:
Miles, Malcolm.
ISBN:
9780415139427
9780415139434
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Physical Description:
viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
The city -- Space, representation and gender -- The monument -- The contradictions of public art -- Art in urban development -- Art and metropolitan public transport -- Art in health services -- Art as a social process -- Convivial cities.
Abstract:
"Asks how art and design can contribute to urban futures. It investigates the critical perspectives of cultural geography, urban sociology and critical theory, through analyses of the city, urban space and its gendering, and the monument"--Page ii.
Electronic Access:
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