The image of the megalopolis - understanding the complex visual construction of Mexico City
Por:
Krieger, P
Publicada:
1 ago 2011
Resumen:
The image of the city has always been an important source and tool for defining cultural communities that dwell within. Distinctive street patterns as well as the building scenographies in different cultures and periods document the technological, economic, and cultural capacities of the cities' inhabitants. From Aristotle's practical philosophy up to the current tourist view of the city, where the relics of the past - cathedrals, castles, or town halls - serve as symbolic attractors, the heterogeneous image of the city reveals interesting insights into the history of civilization. Beyond the abstract data used in economic or social sciences research - numbers of inhabitants, income, productivity, and other statistical information - the image (and also the imaginaries) of the city with its high cultural complexity is a topic of research for critical art history which offers unexpected and refreshing material for a transdisciplinary dialogue on the city as the most essential form of hum
Filiaciones:
Krieger, P:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Estet, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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