Download or read book 1000 Monuments of Genius written by Christopher E.M. Pearson and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos. With ancient ziggurats, the Taj Mahal or the Empire State Building, man has for centuries demonstrated his force by raising structures for purposes both religious and profane. As international cultural statements without words, symbols of a peoples values devotion, patriotism, power symbols of a civilisationÊs grandeur, these monuments still fascinate and attract an ever-growing public who is captivated by the createvity and ingenuity of these architects and stonemasons. Their historical message goes far beyond mere art history, for they tell us of the lives and evolution of the peoples of the past, as does the Parthenon in Athens, many times destroyed, rebuilt, reused, attacked, pillaged, and restored once again today. This work, featuring 1000 monuments chosen from around the globe, retraces human history, the techniques, styles, and philosophies necessary for the construction of so many splendours over the centuries, providing a panorama of the most celebrated monuments while evoking the passion of their makers. The reader can explore the changing values of humanity through the edifices it has built and understand these structures as triumphs of humankind
Download or read book 1000 Monuments of Genius written by Christopher E.M. Pearson and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos. With ancient ziggurats, the Taj Mahal or the Empire State Building, man has for centuries demonstrated his force by raising structures for purposes both religious and profane. As international cultural statements without words, symbols of a peoples values devotion, patriotism, power symbols of a civilisationÊs grandeur, these monuments still fascinate and attract an ever-growing public who is captivated by the createvity and ingenuity of these architects and stonemasons. Their historical message goes far beyond mere art history, for they tell us of the lives and evolution of the peoples of the past, as does the Parthenon in Athens, many times destroyed, rebuilt, reused, attacked, pillaged, and restored once again today. This work, featuring 1000 monuments chosen from around the globe, retraces human history, the techniques, styles, and philosophies necessary for the construction of so many splendours over the centuries, providing a panorama of the most celebrated monuments while evoking the passion of their makers. The reader can explore the changing values of humanity through the edifices it has built and understand these structures as triumphs of humankind
Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Place of Stone Monuments written by Julia Guernsey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the significance of stone monuments in Preclassic Mesoamerica. By placing sculptures in their cultural, historical, social, political, religious, and cognitive contexts, the seventeen contributors utilize archaeological and art historical methods to understand the origins, growth, and spread of civilization in Middle America.
Download or read book The Worthies of England Or Memoris of Eminent Persons written by George Lewis Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey Its Monuments and Curiosities The New Monuments are Continued Down to the Present Year written by and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monuments and Genii of St Paul s and Westminster Abbey written by George Lewis Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Written in Stone written by Sanford Levinson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword From the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans in the spring of 2017 to the violent aftermath of the white nationalist march on the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville later that summer, debates and conflicts over the memorialization of Confederate “heroes” have stormed to the forefront of popular American political and cultural discourse. In Written in Stone Sanford Levinson considers the tangled responses to controversial monuments and commemorations while examining how those with political power configure public spaces in ways that shape public memory and politics. Paying particular attention to the American South, though drawing examples as well from elsewhere in the United States and throughout the world, Levinson shows how the social and legal arguments regarding the display, construction, modification, and destruction of public monuments mark the seemingly endless confrontation over the symbolism attached to public space. This twentieth anniversary edition of Written in Stone includes a new preface and an extensive afterword that takes account of recent events in cities, schools and universities, and public spaces throughout the United States and elsewhere. Twenty years on, Levinson's work is more timely and relevant than ever.
Download or read book The National Monument to be Completed for the Scottish National Gallery on the Model of the Parthenon at Athens written by William Mitchell (S.S.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover-title: "The Edinburgh Parthenon and The Scottish National Gallery."
Download or read book Supplement Vol I Being Volume XIX of Encyclop dia Britannica Supplement to the Encyclop dia Britannica By George Gleig Vol II written by and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University 2d Ed Enl written by Avery Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
