Mad Rhapsody

Author : Ma Yansong
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847869626

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MAD Rhapsody by Ma Yansong Pdf

A seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects. Conceived and designed by Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, MAD Rhapsody documents the buildings of this avant-garde architecture firm and traces the development of their ideas through associated practice including art, research, and exhibition projects. With photographs, drawings, and models, the book highlights 23 projects from the past six years, both built and in process. Known for their “organic and dreamlike architecture” that creates a dialogue with nature, earth, and sky, MAD projects reach all over the globe. At age 46, Ma Yansong is one of China’s best-known architects. His curvilinear, free-form, and futuristic designs are often compared to those of his mentor, Zaha Hadid. Ma’s greatest inspiration is nature; his opera house in the northern Chinese city of Harbin resembles a snow-capped mountain, while his master plan for the city of Nanjing calls for sloping buildings covered with vertical louvers that resemble waterfalls. Other projects include the Ordos Museum in the wilderness of Inner Mongolia, the Absolute Towers in Canada, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

Author : Ma Yansong
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847869626

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MAD Rhapsody by Ma Yansong Pdf

A seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects. Conceived and designed by Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, MAD Rhapsody documents the buildings of this avant-garde architecture firm and traces the development of their ideas through associated practice including art, research, and exhibition projects. With photographs, drawings, and models, the book highlights 23 projects from the past six years, both built and in process. Known for their “organic and dreamlike architecture” that creates a dialogue with nature, earth, and sky, MAD projects reach all over the globe. At age 46, Ma Yansong is one of China’s best-known architects. His curvilinear, free-form, and futuristic designs are often compared to those of his mentor, Zaha Hadid. Ma’s greatest inspiration is nature; his opera house in the northern Chinese city of Harbin resembles a snow-capped mountain, while his master plan for the city of Nanjing calls for sloping buildings covered with vertical louvers that resemble waterfalls. Other projects include the Ordos Museum in the wilderness of Inner Mongolia, the Absolute Towers in Canada, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

Author : J. A. Cipriano
Publisher : DDCO Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Hatter is Mad by J. A. Cipriano Pdf

An immortal swordsman. A shattered god. A dying hero. Why did a billion year old god have to go and kidnap Lillim Callina's best friend right when she was just starting to get her life back together after Caleb "I'm-a-huge-jerk" Oznek left her without so much as a pity glance? He must have known she needed to vent her frustrations on someone's face. Armed with her trusty swords, Isis and Set, Lillim is going to track him down, even if she has to fight her way through an entire orcish horde, relive the worst moment of her life, and talk to her mother. The only problem is, to stop him, she may have to forgive Caleb too.

Author : Julian Rushton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783276479

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British Music, Musicians and Institutions, C. 1630-1800 by Julian Rushton Pdf

Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century, this book investigates the themes of composition, performance (amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions. British music in the era from the death of Henry Purcell to the so-called 'Musical Renaissance' of the late nineteenth century was once considered barren. This view has been overturned in recent years through a better-informed historical perspective, able to recognise that all kinds of British musical institutions continued to flourish, and not only in London. The publication, performance and recording of music by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British composers, supplemented by critical source-studies and scholarly editions, shows forms of music that developed in parallel with those of Britain's near neighbours. Indigenous musicians mingled with migrant musicians from elsewhere, yet there remained strands of British musical culture that had no continental equivalent. Music, vocal and instrumental, sacred and secular, flourished continuously throughout the Stuart and Hanoverian monarchies. Composers such as Eccles, Boyce, Greene, Croft, Arne and Hayes were not wholly overshadowed by European imports such as Handel and J. C. Bach. The present volume builds on this developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the period. Leading musicologists investigate themes such as composition, performance (amateur and professional), and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions.

Author : Ma Yansong
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0714871966

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MAD Works by Ma Yansong Pdf

The first complete overview of the most important contemporary architecture practice ever to have emerged from China The skylines of modern China are punctuated by architecture that amazes, inspires, and awes. Many of these structures are the work of new, experimental practices like China-based MAD Architects. MAD Works not only documents the buildings of this group of avant-garde architects but also traces the development of their ideas through associated practice including art, research, and exhibition projects. Organized thematically, the book explores the underlying concepts of MAD Architects' work. MAD Works is illustrated with photographs, architectural drawings, and 3D visualizations to provide a thorough exploration of MAD Architect's international portfolio of completed works, unbuilt projects, and future ideas.

Author : Letter,Wrong letter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001487999

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The wrong letter; a novel by Letter,Wrong letter Pdf

Author : John Francis Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433082371844

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Owen Roe O'Neill by John Francis Taylor Pdf

Author : Gaston Maugras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015009151955

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The Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Marie Antoinette by Gaston Maugras Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026829285

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The Wrong Letter: a Novel by Anonim Pdf

Author : H. E. Litchfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108011730

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Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin by H. E. Litchfield Pdf

Originally published in 1904, this is the first of two volumes of family letters by and to Emma Darwin.

Author : David S. New
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786490981

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Christian Fundamentalism in America by David S. New Pdf

Today the United States is plagued with cultural and political polarization—the Reds and the Blues. Because religion has been of great significance in America right from the first colonists who believed themselves to be God’s chosen nation, it is not surprising that religion constitutes the basis of today’s dichotomy. The recent resurgence of Christian fundamentalism is significant for the future of America as a nation “under God.” This book examines the history of conservative American Christianity as it interacts with liberal beliefs. With the Enlightenment, the Puritan sense of mission faded, but was rekindled with the Great Awakening. This religious movement unified the colonies and provided an animating ideal which led to revolution against Britain. But soon after, the forces of liberalism made inroads, and the seeds of division were planted. This balanced account favors neither conservative nor liberal. It is history with a human touch, emphasizing personalities from Jonathan Edwards and William Jennings Bryan to David Koresh and Jim Jones.

Author : Florence Merriam Bailey
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547018148

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A-Birding on a Bronco by Florence Merriam Bailey Pdf

A-Birding on a Bronco is a naturalist piece by Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. It shares a record of the writer's birding observations over a couple of years in southern California.

Author : Byron Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429967825

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Learning To Be Modern by Byron Marshall Pdf

Emphasizing the political discourse and conflict that have surrounded Japanese education, this book focuses on the three main issues of central versus local control, elitism versus equality, and nationalism versus universalism.

Author : Philip A. Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134150045

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Japan's Contested War Memories by Philip A. Seaton Pdf

Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972, and ends with the sixtieth anniversary commemorations. Analyzing the variety of ways in which the Japanese people narrate, contest and interpret the past, the book is also a major critique of the way the subject has been treated in much of the English-language. Philip Seaton concludes that war history in Japan today is more divisive and widely argued over than in any of the other major Second World War combatant nations. Providing a sharp contrast to the many orthodox statements about Japanese 'ignorance', amnesia' and 'denial' about the war, this is an engaging and illuminating study that will appeal to scholars and students of Japanese history, politics, cultural studies, society and memory theory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:U183015814676

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Macmillan's Magazine by Anonim Pdf