Architects, angels, activists and the city of Bath, 1765 - 1965 : engaging with women's spatial interventions in buildings and landscape

Architects, angels, activists and the city of Bath, 1765 - 1965 engaging with women's spatial interventions in buildings and landscape

Introduction. Getting to Bath -- Architects. The winged architect and the gendering of architecture -- Architecture and gender in Bath, or How Selina Hastings' Gothic chapel became the building of (Georgian) Bath Museum -- Angels. Falling women : the angels of Bath Abbey -- Whispering walls : a...

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1. Verfasser: Hammond, Cynthia Imogen (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Farnham u.a. Ashgate 2012
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Architecture and women > Feminism and architecture > Bath > Frau > Architektur > Städtebau > Gartenkunst > Geschichte 1765-1965
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction. Getting to Bath -- Architects. The winged architect and the gendering of architecture -- Architecture and gender in Bath, or How Selina Hastings' Gothic chapel became the building of (Georgian) Bath Museum -- Angels. Falling women : the angels of Bath Abbey -- Whispering walls : artistic interventions as a means to trouble the architectural imaginary -- "The ghost of Ladymead" : the Bath Female Home and Penitentiary -- Activists. Every tree a staunch heart : the history of the Suffragettes' Wood -- The Suffragettes' Orchard : towards a description of research-creation -- Beyond angels, beyond architects : mapping the feminist landscape -- Conclusion. Leaving Bath : looking to the built past, on behalf of the lived future.
Introduction. Getting to Bath -- Architects. The winged architect and the gendering of architecture -- Architecture and gender in Bath, or How Selina Hastings' Gothic chapel became the building of (Georgian) Bath Museum -- Angels. Falling women : the angels of Bath Abbey -- Whispering walls : artistic interventions as a means to trouble the architectural imaginary -- "The ghost of Ladymead" : the Bath Female Home and Penitentiary -- Activists. Every tree a staunch heart : the history of the Suffragettes' Wood -- The Suffragettes' Orchard : towards a description of research-creation -- Beyond angels, beyond architects : mapping the feminist landscape -- Conclusion. Leaving Bath : looking to the built past, on behalf of the lived future
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XV, 277 S
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24 cm
ISBN:9781409400431
978-1-4094-0043-1
1409400433
1-4094-0043-3