Bold Ventures (Hardback)
Broeck, Charlotte Van d (Author)
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In 'Bold Ventures', Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal for their architects - architects who either killed themselves or are rumoured to have done so. The buildings range across time and space - from a church with a twisted spire built in 17th-century France to a theatre that collapsed mid-performance in 1920s Washington, DC., and an eerily sinking swimming pool in her hometown of Turnhout. Drawing on a vast range of material, from Hegel and Charles Darwin to art history, stories from her own life and popular culture, patterns gradually come into ...
ISBN (SKU)
9781784743987
Pages
304
Weight
422g
Dimensions
222x144x29
Imprint
Chatto & Windus
Published
04, May, 2022
Genres
History
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