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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Visual landscape"”.
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Reflections on Cultural Origins: The Visual Landscape of The Red Badge of Courage
… upon the locus which gave it birth—the rich, visual media culture of New York City during the latter half of the 19th century. Focusing primarily on Civil War sketch artist drawings, Civil War photographs and contemporary images detailing instances of mechanical encroachment and social …
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Seeing systems and the beholding eye : computer-aided visions of the postwar British landscape
… of Britain's countryside into a modem industrial landscape-the visual appearance of the country was placed at the center of debates about identity, progress, and heritage. Among a vocal and interested public, the proliferating power stations, power transmission lines, open-pit mines, dams, …
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Neon signs, underground tunnels and Chinese American identity : the many dimension of visual Chinatown
… In the first chapter, I closely analyze the visual landscape of an actual location, Tyler Street in Boston's Chinatown, in order to decipher the spatial (and therefore economic and cultural) practices that shape the environment. In chapter 2, I discuss the representations of Chinatown, or the …
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Reframing the Ditch
… conveyances in a way that is consistent with visual landscape preference theory. Small stream water quality impairment is an issue found in 83% of stream headwaters in the Eastern United States. The Clean Water Act (1972), which regulates pollutant discharge into U.S. surface waters, mandates …
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Dogs and Domesticity Reading the Dog in Victorian British Visual Culture
… with dogs in Victorian British art and visual culture. It studies the redefining and restructuring of the domestic dog as it was conceptualized in visual culture and the art market. It proposes that the dog was strongly associated with social values and moral debates which often occurred …
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Landscape Visibility and Prehistoric Artifact Distribution at Pea Ridge National Military Park
… Battle. Human occupation of the Ozark Highland landscape, however, extends far into pre-history. A 2005 report to the National Park Service details the findings of a four year cultural resource survey of the park. The sampling strategy employed in the research design (random sample site …
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The Kelburn connection : this study [dissertation] has been carried out in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Diploma of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College
… absorbed, digested and incorporated so that the landscape is recognizable, the result is a sense of place and personal identification. There is a certain delight in 'knowing' and recognizing a place. The city is therefore a means of communication. What the observer sees - his composite mental …