Skyline
Subtitle: The Narcissistic City (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Contributors: John Goodman (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: January 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780804732468
Subjects: Cultural studies; Theory of architecture; Planning; Architecture; Criticism; Architecture / Criticism; Classification; Symbolism in architecture; United States
First sentence: November 1619. Sequestered in his "stove-heated room" on the banks of the Danube, where he had been delayed by the first cold of winter en route to rejoin the army of the duke of Bavaria, Descartes tried to put his thoughts in order.