Skylines: The Aesthetics of Ascension

Thursday 23 October 2014, 2-5pm
Keynes Library, School of Arts, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

A symposium exploring the aesthetics and politics of height, skylines, and views from above, across periods and geographies. Organised by the Architecture Space and Society Network, Birkbeck

Christine Stevenson, Courtauld Institute of Art
'He Views, Discerns, Unciphers, Penetrates': Seventeenth-Century London from Above

Adnan Morshed, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder

Alan Powers, Independent Scholar, author of Britain (Modern Architectures in History, Reaktion)
'No tall buildings please, we're British': The Interwar Resistance to Height in London

This event is free and open to all, but booking is recommended.

For more information on the event and the ASSN, and a link for booking:

http://assnbbk.blogspot.co.uk