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Et in Arcadia ego, Et in Arcadia est
Author(s) -
Rhowbotham Kevin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1603
Subject(s) - arcadia , relation (database) , sociology , value (mathematics) , aesthetics , impulse (physics) , id, ego and super ego , ecocriticism , art , environmental ethics , philosophy , art history , psychoanalysis , psychology , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , database , machine learning
Architect, academic and broadcaster Kevin Rhowbotham scrutinises the reasoning and value of the New Pastoralism project. He dispels the Arcadian impulse as ‘a specious and mythicised image of the rural’, calling upon architects to seek a true understanding of rural conditions in relation to the urban.