The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage: Surface and Effect

by Stephen Walker

Book Overview

This book offers an extended consideration of the fairground showfront. It combines archival material, contemporary examples of fairs, and a sustained theoretical engagement with influential philosophies of surface, including recent work by Avrum Stroll and Andrew Benjamin, as well as the nineteenth century author Gottfried Semper. Semper's work on the origin of architectural enclosure --formed from woven mats and carpets-- anticipates the surface...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811079730
• ISBN13: 9789811079733
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"