Urban archetypes applied to the study of cities in historic contemporary fictions. Symbolic urban structures in Age of Empires III and Bioshock Infinite

In “The Idea of a Town: Anthropology of Urban Form” (1976), architecture historian Joseph Rykwert defined six archetypes used in Etruscan rites for the foundation of urban settlements, which continued to be used in Classical Greece and Ancient Rome. He proposed to use these same categories for the s...

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Main Author: Manuel Sánchez García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2020-06-01
Series:Culture & History Digital Journal
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Online Access:http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/181