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Author : Robin L. Thomas
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780271096599
Author : George L. Hersey,Professor George L Hersey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226327839
The age of the baroque -- a time of great strides in science and mathematics -- also saw the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. In this book, George L. Hersey explores the interrelations of the two developments, explaining how the advancements of geometry and the abstractions of mathematicians were made concrete in the architecture of the day. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : James R. Gaines
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007156610
Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1757 signals a unique moment in history where belief collided with the cold certainty of reason. Set at the tipping point between the ancient and modern world, Evening in the Palace of Reason captures the tumult of the eighteenth century, the legacy of the Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment in this extraordinary tale of two men.
Author : Louise Tythacott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351624893
In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial China—the Yuanmingyuan. Known in the West as the "Summer Palace," this site consisted of thousands of buildings housing a vast art collection. It is estimated that over a million objects may have been taken from the palaces in the Yuanmingyuan—and many of these are now scattered around the world, in private collections and public museums. With contributions from leading specialists, this is the first book to focus on the collecting and display of "Summer Palace" material over the past 150 years in museums in Britain and France. It examines the way museums placed their own cultural, political and aesthetic concerns upon Yuanmingyuan material, and how displays—especially those at the Royal Engineers Museum in Kent, the National Museum of Scotland and the Musée Chinois at the Château of Fontainebleau—tell us more about European representations and images of China, than they do about the Yuanmingyuan itself.
Author : Eric Klinenberg
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781524761172
“A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”—Jon Stewart NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • “Engaging.”—Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn’t seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together and find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, churches, and parks where crucial connections are formed. Interweaving his own research with examples from around the globe, Klinenberg shows how “social infrastructure” is helping to solve some of our most pressing societal challenges. Richly reported and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People offers a blueprint for bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION “Just brilliant!”—Roman Mars, 99% Invisible “The aim of this sweeping work is to popularize the notion of ‘social infrastructure'—the ‘physical places and organizations that shape the way people interact'. . . . Here, drawing on research in urban planning, behavioral economics, and environmental psychology, as well as on his own fieldwork from around the world, [Eric Klinenberg] posits that a community’s resilience correlates strongly with the robustness of its social infrastructure. The numerous case studies add up to a plea for more investment in the spaces and institutions (parks, libraries, childcare centers) that foster mutual support in civic life.”—The New Yorker “Palaces for the People—the title is taken from the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s description of the hundreds of libraries he funded—is essentially a calm, lucid exposition of a centuries-old idea, which is really a furious call to action.”—New Statesman “Clear-eyed . . . fascinating.”—Psychology Today
Author : Thomas Walter Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : Law
ISBN : BL:A0017710220
Author : Sir William Blackstone
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783849680565
The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book four out of four, including more than 1700 footnotes and annotations.
Author : Curtis Neil Runnels,Priscilla Murray
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804740500
Presents a guide to the people and monuments of ancient Greece.
Author : Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770951
This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.
Author : Margaret F. MacDonald
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Venice (Italy)
ISBN : 0520230493
In "Palaces in the Night", MacDonald looks at a key period in James Whistler's career, examining his unique vision of Venice and his development of the medium of etching. 120 illustrations.
Author : Bindu Manchanda
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8174363815
The book explores the romance of India's forts and palaces - their past glory, wars and warriors, and unparalleled architecture. The book brings alive the magic of those monuments with a rare combination of prose and inimitable photographs. Master builders, dynasties, armories, underground stepwells, concrete labyrinths - they all come to life in the pages of this masterful tome.
Author : David Kertai
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780198723189
Revised version of doctoral dissertation, University of Heidelberg, 2008-2011.
Author : J. T. Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civilization, Aegean
ISBN : UOM:39015040753702
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11453831
Author : Michael Nava
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780299299132
Presents the story of Miguel Sarmiento, a doctor, his aristocratic wife, and young son as they are caught up the Mexican Revolution and the political upheavals and chaos that follows the collapse of the old order.