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Genius Loci : an Essay on the Meanings of Place by John Dixon Hunt is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Genius Loci : an Essay on the Meanings of Place about?
From literature to landscape architecture, an expansive, contemplative exploration of the significance of place. For ancient Romans, genius loci was literally “the genius of the place,” the presiding divinity who inhabited a site and gave it meaning. While we are less attuned to divinity today, we still sense that a place has significance. In this book, eminent garden historian John Dixon Hunt explores genius loci in many settings, including contemporary land art, the paintings of Paul and John
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- Author
- John Dixon Hunt
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, Limited; Reaktion Books
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781789146080
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Social Science, Social Sciences, Art
- Updated
- 2026-03-25