The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics
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The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Architecture categories.
Jackson discussed the evolution of the development, use, and perception of landscape--the space around us in the most general sense. The title chapter examines the proliferation of historic parks and monuments and argues that American culture demands a three-step formulation of history.
Architecture And Civilization
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Author : Michael H. Mitias
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 1999
Architecture And Civilization written by Michael H. Mitias and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
The Necessity For Ruins
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
The Necessity For Ruins written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
To Every Thing A Season
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Author : Bruce Kuklick
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1993-01-31
To Every Thing A Season written by Bruce Kuklick and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-31 with History categories.
Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.
Undermining
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Author : Lucy R. Lippard
language : en
Publisher: New Press, The
Release Date : 2014-04-15
Undermining written by Lucy R. Lippard and has been published by New Press, The this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with Art categories.
Award-winning author, curator, and activist Lucy R. Lippard is one of America’s most influential writers on contemporary art, a pioneer in the fields of cultural geography, conceptualism, and feminist art. Hailed for "the breadth of her reading and the comprehensiveness with which she considers the things that define place" (The New York Times), Lippard now turns her keen eye to the politics of land use and art in an evolving New West. Working from her own lived experience in a New Mexico village and inspired by gravel pits in the landscape, Lippard weaves a number of fascinating themes—among them fracking, mining, land art, adobe buildings, ruins, Indian land rights, the Old West, tourism, photography, and water—into a tapestry that illuminates the relationship between culture and the land. From threatened Native American sacred sites to the history of uranium mining, she offers a skeptical examination of the "subterranean economy." Featuring more than two hundred gorgeous color images, Undermining is a must-read for anyone eager to explore a new way of understanding the relationship between art and place in a rapidly shifting society.
Empire Of Ruins
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Author : Miles Orvell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-01-06
Empire Of Ruins written by Miles Orvell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-06 with History categories.
Once symbols of the past, ruins have become ubiquitous signs of our future. Americans today encounter ruins in the media on a daily basis--images of abandoned factories and malls, toxic landscapes, devastating fires, hurricanes, and floods. In this sweeping study, Miles Orvell offers a new understanding of the spectacle of ruins in US culture, exploring how photographers, writers, painters, and filmmakers have responded to ruin and destruction, both real and imaginary, in an effort to make sense of the past and envision the future. Empire of Ruins explains why Americans in the nineteenth century yearned for the ruins of Rome and Egypt and how they portrayed a past as ancient and mysterious in the remains of Native American cultures. As the romance of ruins gave way to twentieth-century capitalism, older structures were demolished to make way for grander ones, a process interpreted by artists as a symptom of America's "creative destruction." In the late twentieth century, Americans began to inhabit a perpetual state of ruins, made visible by photographs of decaying inner cities, derelict factories and malls, and the waste lands of the mining industry. This interdisciplinary work focuses on how visual media have transformed disaster and decay into spectacles that compel our moral attention even as they balance horror and beauty. Looking to the future, Orvell considers the visual portrayal of climate ruins as we face the political and ethical responsibilities of our changing world. A wide-ranging work by an acclaimed urban, cultural, and photography scholar, Empire of Ruins offers a provocative and lavishly illustrated look at the American past, present, and future.
Ancient History
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Author : Charles W. Hedrick, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Ancient History written by Charles W. Hedrick, Jr. and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with History categories.
This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to 'reading' it. The book: Encourages readers to engage with historical sources, rather than to be passive recipients of historical tales Gives readers a sense of the nature of evidence and its use in the reconstruction of the past Helps them to read a historical narrative with more critical appreciation Encourages them to consider the differences between their own experience of ancient sources, and the use of these objects within the everyday life of ancient society A concise bibliographical essay at the end of each chapter refers to introductions, indices, research tools and interpretations, and explains scholarly jargon Written clearly, concisely and concretely, invoking ancient illustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.
American Studies
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Author : Jack Salzman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-08-29
American Studies written by Jack Salzman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-08-29 with Art categories.
This is an annotated bibliography of 20th century books through 1983, and is a reworking of American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Works on the Civilization of the United States, published in 1982. Seeking to provide foreign nationals with a comprehensive and authoritative list of sources of information concerning America, it focuses on books that have an important cultural framework, and does not include those which are primarily theoretical or methodological. It is organized in 11 sections: anthropology and folklore; art and architecture; history; literature; music; political science; popular culture; psychology; religion; science/technology/medicine; and sociology. Each section contains a preface introducing the reader to basic bibliographic resources in that discipline and paragraph-length, non-evaluative annotations. Includes author, title, and subject indexes. ISBN 0-521-32555-2 (set) : $150.00.
A Companion To American Gothic
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Author : Charles L. Crow
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-09-10
A Companion To American Gothic written by Charles L. Crow and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Companion to American Gothic features a collection of original essays that explore America’s gothic literary tradition. The largest collection of essays in the field of American Gothic Contributions from a wide variety of scholars from around the world The most complete coverage of theory, major authors, popular culture and non-print media available
The Imperial Trace
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Author : Nancy Condee
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-08
The Imperial Trace written by Nancy Condee and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-08 with Performing Arts categories.
The collapse of the USSR seemed to spell the end of the empire, yet it by no means foreclosed on Russia's enduring imperial preoccupations, which had extended from the reign of Ivan IV over four and a half centuries. Examining a host of films from contemporary Russian cinema, Nancy Condee argues that we cannot make sense of current Russian culture without accounting for the region's habits of imperial identification. But is this something made legible through narrative alone-Chechen wars at the periphery, costume dramas set in the capital-or could an imperial trace be sought in other, more embedded qualities, such as the structure of representation, the conditions of production, or the preoccupations of its filmmakers? This expansive study takes up this complex question through a commanding analysis of the late Soviet and post-Soviet period auteurists, Kira Muratova, Vadim Abdrashitov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksei German, Aleksandr Sokurov and Aleksei Balabanov.