Arte en las Ciudades, las Ciudades en el Arte

Abstract

Lourdes Diego and Jesús Pedro Lorente (eds.), Arte en las Ciudades, las Ciudades en el Arte, Zaragoza, Editorial Universidad San Jorge, 2013, ISBN 978-84-941850-2-1. The volume, resulting from an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Architecture of the Universidad San Jorge and the research group «Observatorio Aragonés de Arte en la Esfera Pública», brings together nineteen articles organized into four chapters: architecture and urbanism, public art, sociological questions, and urban iconography. The contributions examine, from historical, sociological, and aesthetic perspectives, the relationship between art and urban space, the role of public art in shaping the city's landscape, and the representation of the city in the visual arts. The reviewer regards the collection as a fundamental and integrative work for a better understanding of the urban realm.