The Eternal Present, Volume II

The Eternal Present, Volume II
Author: Sigfried Giedion
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2023-08-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0691251886

An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historian In The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.

The Eternal Present

The Eternal Present
Author: Sigfried Giedion (Kunsthistoriker, Tschechoslowakei, Schweiz, USA)
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Release: 1981
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The Eternal Present

The Eternal Present
Author: Sigfried Giedion (Historien d'art, Tchécoslovaquie, Suisse, Etats-Unis)
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Release: 1962
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Musical Scores and the Eternal Present

Musical Scores and the Eternal Present
Author: Chiara Bertoglio
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725295040

Music is played and heard in time, yet it is also embodied in space by musical scores. The observation of a musical score turns time into space and allows musicians to embrace the flow of time in a single glance. This experience constitutes a symbol for the Eternal Present, the simultaneous knowledge of all time outside time. This book analyzes the implications of this view through a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, linking theology, philosophy, literature, and music. It also studies how this theme has been foreshadowed in the writings of Dante and J. R. R. Tolkien, demonstrating the connections between their masterpieces and the aesthetics of their times. The result is a fascinating itinerary through the history of culture, thought, and music, but also a deeply theological and spiritual experience.

Time and Narrative, Volume 1

Time and Narrative, Volume 1
Author: Paul Ricoeur
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1990-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226713328

In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction and theories of literature. This final volume, a comprehensive reexamination and synthesis of the ideas developed in volumes 1 and 2, stands as Ricoeur's most complete and satisfying presentation of his own philosophy.