Main entry:

Roth, Michael S., 1957-

Title & Author:

Irresistible decay : ruins reclaimed / Michael S. Roth with Claire Lyons and Charles Merewether.

Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, ©1997.

Description:

xii, 109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Bibliographies & dossiers ; 2

Notes:
"This volume accompanies the exhibition, 'Irresistible Decay: Ruins Reclaimed, ' held December 16, 1997, through February 22, 1998, at the Getty Center, Los Angeles"--Title page verso.
Catalogue of the exhibition held Dec. 16, 1997-Feb. 22, 1998, held at the Getty Center, Los Angeles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-104).
Irresistible Decay: Ruins Reclaimed / Michael S. Roth -- Traces of Loss / Charles Merewether -- Refinding the Past: Ruins and Responses / Edited by Michael Roth -- Archives in Ruins: The Collections of the Getty Research Institute / Claire Lyons.

Summary:

"Runs are products of modernity. ... the authors explore how ruins are created, used, and framed in relation to issues of loss and recuperation.--Inside front cover.

ISBN:

0892364688 (pbk.)
9780892364688 (pbk.)

Subject:

Ruins in art Exhibitions.
Ruines dans l'art Expositions.
20.21 iconographic themes.
Ruins in art.
Ruïnes.
Beeldende kunsten.
Villes disparues, en ruine, etc. Dans l'art Catalogues d'exposition.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibitions (form)
Exhibitions.

Added entries:

Lyons, Claire L., 1955-
Merewether, Charles.
Roth, Michael S., 1957-
Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities.
Bibliographies & dossiers ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191744
Call No.: ID N8237.R8.I7; ID:97-B2740
Status: Available