Contents
Introduction: Instruction as Provocation
Aron Vinegar and Michael J. Golec
1. Aesthetic or Anaesthetic: A Nelson Goodman Reading of the Las Vegas Strip
Ritu Bhatt
2. Format and Layout in Learning from Las Vegas
Michael J. Golec
3. Photorealism, Kitsch, and Venturi
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn
4. Theory as Ornament
Karsten Harries
5. Mobilizing Visions: Representing the American Landscape
Katherine Smith
6. On Billboards and Other Signs around (Learning from) Las Vegas
John McMorrough
7. Signs Taken for Wonders
Dell Upton
8. Of Ducks, Decorated Sheds, and Other Minds
Aron Vinegar
9. Learning from Las Vegas . . . and Los Angeles and Reyner Banham
Nigel Whiteley
Contributors
Publication History
Index