Genius Loci

An Essay on the Meanings of Place

John Dixon Hunt

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English

Reaktion Books
01 February 2023

Theory of art

"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 Nash, travel writers such as Henry James, Paul Theroux, and Lawrence Durrell on Provence, Mexico, and Cyprus, and landscape architects who invent new meanings for a site. This book is a nuanced, thoughtful exploration of how places become more significant to us through the myriad ways we see, talk about, and remember them."

By: John Dixon Hunt
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 159mm,
ISBN: 9781789146080
ISBN 10: 1789146089
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Dixon Hunt is professor emeritus of the history and theory of landscape at the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include Historical Ground and The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place, the latter also published by Reaktion Books.

Reviews for Genius Loci: An Essay on the Meanings of Place

A miscellany of thoughtful reflections . . . Among the book's successes are treatments of the High Line in New York and the reimagining of dead industrial spaces in the architecture of Peter and Anneliese Latz. -- Times Literary Supplement