The visitor's view

City spaces: the visitor's view. Points of view.

Prerequisites:	Previous lesson on cityscape Basic knowledge on the history of spatial perception
Objectives:	Correlating perceptions of cityscape and artistic techniques for expressing them, emphasising the diversity of possible spaces in the course of urban history.
Description:	A study of cityscape from the visitor's point of view, its motifs and forms of vision.

	VIEWS AND SPACES IN THE CITY
A study of various perceptions of space: townscape and geometry

Panoramic vision

A study of 'panoramas' and panoramic vision, from the late 18th century to present-day 360° virtual reality: the invention of panoramas
From Flatland to higher dimensions

The perception of space grew increasingly complex. After panoramic vision, 'higher dimensions' were invented. This is the theory of complex spaces

	METAPHORS FOR THE CITY
A study of imaginative models of the city's structure

Georgian cities as geometry

A study of town-planning models, and of town-planning as a model: Georgian geometrical town design
Romantic cities as mazes

Cities between arts and literature in later representations: memories of Regency London

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