More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and this share is to increase to 75?% by 2050. Today the most urbanized regions are Northern America (82?%), Latin America and the Caribbean (80?%), and Europe (73%) (FAO, 2015). The growing population of urban centers and the contributions of urbanization to global environmental change have increased the attention to the sust…
This book brings together thirteen scholars to introduce the newest and most cutting-edge research in the field of Russian and East European art history. Reconsidering canonical figures, re-examining prevalent debates, and revisiting aesthetic developments, the book challenges accepted histories and entrenched dichotomies in art and architecture from the nineteenth century to the present. In do…