Architecture and Ekphrasis. Space, Time and the Embodied Description of the Past, Paperback - Dana Arnold

This well-illustrated, accessibly written book examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representati...

A milestone in modern thought, Space, Time and Architecture has been reissued many times since its first publication in 1941 and translated into ha...

Japan and the Shackles of the Past offers a penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.

Through a detailed examination of the party's post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party's trajectory. It argues t...

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Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake propos...

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In Phase Media, James Ash theorizes how smart objects, understood as Internet-connected and sensor-enabled devices, are altering users' experience ...

Architecture is usually analyzed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises signi...

In this revised edition of "The Karmic Journey", the author brings new findings and experience to the area of karma and reincarnation. As a past li...

The programme, only halted by the regime's downfall at the end of 1989, has meant the almost complete destruction of at least 29 towns, with large-...

Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description - A. A. Donohue

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Antonello (University of Pisa, Italy) BoschiIllustration(s): 42 Line drawings, black and white; 76 Halfto...

Double Helix History examines the interface between genetics and history in order to investigate the plausibility of 'new' knowledge derived from s...

Reducere. The Stage of Time will bring you through an adventurous exploration into understanding the secrets of consciousness, ancient history, and the very ...

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invent...

Reducere. Providing evidence to the validity of past lives, this self-help guide delves deeply into past life regression and offers a thorough understanding ...

DescriptionThe Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future identifies an alternative and significant history of architecture fro...

The greatest challenge for physics is to combine its two most successful theories: general relativity and quantum mechanics. The resulting quantum ...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This is my journey, from consciousness, to being born, and how God delivered me through all the things that life throws at us. I share my first tho...

DescriptionHow psychological ideas of space have profoundly affected architectural and artistic expression in the twentieth century.Beginning with ...

Reducere. A room's acoustic character seems at once the most technical and the most mystical of concerns. Since the early Enlightenment, European architects ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn a land where true heroism is more likely to be rewarded with accusations of treason, comes a recounting of past adventures by the uns...

This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions, but about ways ...

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture and the other visual arts. Here, Dana Arnold introduces the...

DescriptionArt is often obscured behind alienating and nonsensical jargon. Introducing art in its international context, this accessible book explo...

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Publisher: Office AU LimitedCollection: The Politics of Public SpacePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 102 x 166 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

DescriptionArchitecture is often thought to be a diary of a society, filled with symbolic representations of specific cultural moments. However, as...

Technology and the cityPublisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 80 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 15...

Reducere. This very popular design book has been wholly revised and expanded to feature a new dimension of inspiring and counterintuitive ideas to thinking a...

The first comprehensive account of space's centrality to confronting state-endorsed violence, this volume draws upon ethnographic research gathered...

William Logan reconciles history and poetry to provide new ways of reading poets ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Lowell and Heaney. In thes...

Shows how Lefebvre's theory of space developed out of direct engagement with architecture, urbanism, and urban sociology.Publisher: University of M...

2016 978-973-0-22296-8

Popular culture is lying to you -and it was lying to me in the 1960's in much the same way.My story is not uncommon, but it is mostly untold. Many ...

Dedicated to the centennial anniversary of Minkowski's discovery of spacetime, this volume contains papers, most presented at the Third Internation...

Reducere. What is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective and can such reflection help us bette...

Publisher: Idea & Design WorksAuthor(s): Kevin EastmanNumber of pages: 104Collection: Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesPublication date: 2016Dimensions:...

Time surrounds us. It defines our experience of the world; it echoes through our every waking hour. Time is the very foundation of conscious experi...

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fie...

Publisher: Office AU LimitedCollection: Politics of Public SpacePublication date: 2020Dimensions: 103 x 164 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRed...

Rhythmanalysis displays all the characteristics which made Lefebvre one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century. In the ana...

Reducere. Art interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reve...

DescriptionIn the summer of 1975, NASA brought together a team of physicists, engineers, and space scientists--along with architects, urban planner...