Urban fiction : strolling through ideal cities from antiquity to the present day /
Dissatisfied with the world we live in, we have been longing since time immemorial for two opposing environments: the peaceful garden--a carefree paradise--and the New City--a harmonious community. For Gunther Feuerstein, all these cities and towns, though only fictitious, have long since been built...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Stuttgart :
Edition Axel Menges,
2008
Stuttgart : [2008] |
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| Summary: | Dissatisfied with the world we live in, we have been longing since time immemorial for two opposing environments: the peaceful garden--a carefree paradise--and the New City--a harmonious community. For Gunther Feuerstein, all these cities and towns, though only fictitious, have long since been built, and he strolls through them together with the architects, planners, writers, and philosophers, just as Thomas More, Antonio Filarete, William Morris, and many others once led us through their cities.m For the author, some cities and towns, though only fictitious, have long since been built and he strolls through them in company with the architects, planners, writers and philosophers, just as Thomas More and many others once led us through their cities |
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| Item Description: | Purchase supported by the Elise and Wesley Wright, Jr. '51 Marquand Book Fund This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 414 p. : ill. ; 29 cm 414 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 29 cm 414 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm 414 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-408) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 3930698269 9783930698264 |