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Author | : David Cadman |
Publisher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
In Europe these include Old London Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Ponte di Rialto, Venice, and the Pont de Notre-Dame in Paris, as well as contemporary projects by Richard Rogers, Alsop and Stormer, SITE, Morphosis, Mario Bellini, Bernard Tschumi and other leading architects.
Author | : Alexander Mordecai Dushkin |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Jewish teachers |
ISBN | : 9780706514698 |
Author | : Ronald G. Knapp |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2012-03-13 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1462905862 |
Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess. Chinese Bridges brings together a thorough look at the marvels of Chinese bridge design from one of the world's leading experts on Chinese culture and historical geography, Ronald G. Knapp. While many consider bridges to be merely utilitarian civil engineering, the bridges of China move beyond that stereotype, as many are undeniably dramatic, even majestic and daring. Chinese Bridges illustrates in detail 20 well-preserved ancient bridges along with descriptions and essays on the distinctive architectural elements shared by the various designs. For the first time in an English-language book, Chinese Bridges records scores of newly discovered bridges across China's vast landscape, illustrated with over 400 color photographs, as well as woodblock prints, historic images, paintings and line drawings.
Author | : Thomas Harrison |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2021-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022673529X |
"Always," wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live." Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially when they are marvels of ingenuity. A rich compendium of myths, superstitions, literary and ideological figurations, as well as architectural and musical illustrations, Of Bridges organizes a poetic and philosophical history of bridges into nine thematic clusters. Leaping in lucid prose between seemingly unrelated times and places, Thomas Harrison gives a panoramic account of the diverse meanings and valences of human bridges, questioning why they are built and where they lead. He investigates bridges as flashpoints in war and the mega-bridges of our globalized world. He probes links forged by religion between life's transience and eternity and the consolidating ties of music, illustrated in a case study of the blues. He illuminates the real and symbolic crossings facing migrants each day and the affective connections that make persons and societies cohere. In fine and intricate readings of literature, philosophy, art, and geography, Harrison engages in a profound reflection on how bridges form and transform cultural communities. Interdisciplinary and deeply lyrical, Of Bridges is a mesmerizing, vertiginous tale of bridges both visible and invisible, both lived and imagined.
Author | : Nana Aberdeen |
Publisher | : Partridge Publishing Singapore |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1543767095 |
A long time ago, in the Nation of Asyea-Rei, a devastating civil war broke out that almost destroyed the peaceful and prospering country. Due to its sensitive nature of conflict, the present rulers had decided to censure the story, never again heard by its new generation. However, several mystic Elders secretly hid the entire narrative throughout the vast and enchanting country, with the hope that it will be recovered and set as a reminder of Asyea-Rei’s past crimes one day. This is a story of liberating those lost tales. A hidden account of three authoritative families whose transgression sparked the conflict, bearing malignant scars to the Nation forever. Set in a mystical Asia, this is a story of hallowed bridges and mysterious kingdoms, of dark family secrets, magical spells, and fascinating beasts – Behold a forbidden story unlocked and evoked within Asyea-Rei, The Land of a Thousand Bridges.
Author | : Peter Murray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Julia Watson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9783836578189 |
In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. Enter Lo--TEK, a design movement building on indigenous philosophy and vernacular infrastructure to generate sustainable, resilient, nature-based technology. With a foreword by anthropologist Wade Davis and spanning 18 countries from Peru to...
Author | : Thomas Harrison |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2023-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022682649X |
Offers a philosophical history of bridges—both literal bridges and their symbolic counterparts—and the acts of cultural connection they embody. “Always,” wrote Philip Larkin, “it is by bridges that we live.” Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially when they are marvels of ingenuity. A rich compendium of myths, superstitions, and literary and ideological figurations, Of Bridges organizes a poetic and philosophical history of bridges into nine thematic clusters. Leaping in lucid prose between distant times and places, Thomas Harrison questions why bridges are built and where they lead. He probes links forged by religion between life’s transience and eternity as well as the consolidating ties of music, illustrated by the case of the blues. He investigates bridges in poetry, as flash points in war, and the megabridges of our globalized world. He illuminates real and symbolic crossings facing migrants each day and the affective connections that make persons and societies cohere. In readings of literature, film, philosophy, and art, Harrison engages in a profound reflection on how bridges form and transform cultural communities. Of Bridges is a mesmerizing, vertiginous tale of bridges both visible and invisible, both lived and imagined.
Author | : Elisabeth Boesen |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2016-11-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 131713978X |
The expectations of European planners for the gradual disappearance of national borders, and the corresponding prognoses of social scientists, have turned out to be over-optimistic. Borders have not disappeared – not even in a unified and predominantly peaceful Europe – but rather they have changed, become more varied and, in a certain sense, mobile, taking on an important role in the everyday lives of more people than ever before. Furthermore, it is now widely accepted that borders do not just hinder communication and the formation of relationships, but also channel and prefigure them in a positive way. Presenting a number of studies of everyday life in European borderlands, this book addresses the multifarious and complex ways in which borders function as both barriers and bridges. Focusing on ‘established’ Western European borderlands – with the exception of three contrasting cases – the book attempts a turn from conflict to harmony in the study of borderlands and thus examines the more mundane manifestations of border life and the complex, often unconscious motives of everyday cross-border practices. The collection of chapters demonstrates that even in the case of ‘open’ political borders, the border remains an enduring factor that is not adequately described as either a problematic barrier or a desirable bridge. The studies look at bordering processes, not only approaching them from different disciplinary angles – sociology, anthropology, geography, history, political science and literary studies – but also choosing different scales and making comparisons that range from different borders of one country to the reactions and attitudes of different individuals in a single borderland village.
Author | : James Debacco |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2016-02-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781523845569 |
Guide to a prisoner preparing for the parole board hearing in California.