Looking West

by John Darwin Dorst

Book Overview

The American West is a region, perhaps more than any other in the United States, that comes to us in visual terms. The grand landscapes, open vistas, and magisterial views have made the act of looking a defining feature of how we experience the West as an actual place. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography.

When we engage in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812214404
• ISBN13: 9780812214406
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"