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Early New World Monumentality

Author : C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813061443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Early New World Monumentality by : C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger

Download or read book Early New World Monumentality written by C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers a number of interesting case studies of New World monumentality that expand our comparative understanding of the phenomenon."--Dean J. Saitta, University of Denver "Brings together important essays that analyze the context, nature, and impact of early monuments in the Americas. Early New World Monumentality should be read by everyone interested in monumentality anywhere in the world."-- Michael Love, California State University In studies of ancient civilizations, the focus is often on the temples, palaces, and buildings created and then left behind, both because they survive and because of the awe they still inspire today. From the Mississippian mounds in the United States to the early pyramids of Peru, these monuments have been well-documented, but less attention has been paid to analyzing the logistical complexity involved in their creation. In this collection, prominent archaeologists explore the sophisticated political and logistical organizations that were required to plan and complete these architectural marvels. They discuss the long-term political, social, and military impacts these projects had on their respective civilizations, and illuminate the significance of monumentality among early complex societies in the Americas. Early New World Monumentality is ultimately a study of labor and its mobilization, as well as the long-term spiritual awe and political organization that motivated and were enhanced by such undertakings. Mounds and other impressive monuments left behind by earlier civilizations continue to reveal their secrets, offering profound insights into the development of complex societies throughout the New World.

Approaching Monumentality in Archaeology

Author : James F. Osborne
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438453256
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Monumentality in Archaeology written by James F. Osborne and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary study of monumental art and architecture in human history. Monumentality is a human phenomenon that has occurred in nearly all times and places. Because of its ubiquity, monumentality is something that has been studied by a large number of disciplines and individuals. Approaching Monumentality in Archaeology explores the phenomenon of monumental art and architecture from humankinds most ancient past to recent history, and does so using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates the research of anthropological archaeologists, art historians, classicists, and sociologists working in a wide variety of historical and cultural contexts. The volume seeks to define what is meant by the terms monument and monumentality, and to understand the social and political significance of monument-building as it has manifested around the world. By advocating for a relational approach to the topic that seeks to find monumentality in the ongoing relationship between object and person, this book offers the opportunity to begin the process of uniting these varied interests into a unified discourse.

Monumentality and the Roman Empire

Author : Edmund Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199288631
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Monumentality and the Roman Empire written by Edmund Thomas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Monumentality and the Roman Age' presents a study of the concept of monumentality in classical antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities.

Architecture, You and Me

Author : S. Giedion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674368491
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Architecture, You and Me written by S. Giedion and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heroic

Author : Mark Pasnik
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934242
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Heroic written by Mark Pasnik and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often problematically labeled as “Brutalist” architecture, the concrete buildings that transformed Boston during 1960s and 1970s were conceived with progressive-minded intentions by some of the world’s most influential designers, including Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, I. M. Pei, Henry Cobb, Araldo Cossutta, Gerhard Kallmann and Michael McKinnell, Paul Rudolph, Josep Lluís Sert, and The Architects Collaborative. As a worldwide phenomenon, building with concrete represents one of the major architectural movements of the postwar years, but in Boston it was deployed in more numerous and diverse civic, cultural, and academic projects than in any other major U.S. city. After decades of stagnation and corrupt leadership, public investment in Boston in the 1960s catalyzed enormous growth, resulting in a generation of bold buildings that shared a vocabulary of concrete modernism. The period from the 1960 arrival of Edward J. Logue as the powerful and often controversial director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority to the reopening of Quincy Market in 1976 saw Boston as an urban laboratory for the exploration of concrete’s structural and sculptural qualities. What emerged was a vision for the city’s widespread revitalization often referred to as the “New Boston.” Today, when concrete buildings across the nation are in danger of insensitive renovation or demolition, Heroic presents the concrete structures that defined Boston during this remarkable period—from the well-known (Boston City Hall, New England Aquarium, and cornerstones of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University) to the already lost (Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas F. McNulty’s concrete Lincoln House and Studio; Sert, Jackson & Associates’ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School)—with hundreds of images; essays by architectural historians Joan Ockman, Lizabeth Cohen, Keith N. Morgan, and Douglass Shand-Tucci; and interviews with a number of the architects themselves. The product of 8 years of research and advocacy, Heroic surveys the intentions and aspirations of this period and considers anew its legacies—both troubled and inspired.

Size Matters - Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations

Author : Federico Buccellati
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839445388
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Size Matters - Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations by : Federico Buccellati

Download or read book Size Matters - Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations written by Federico Buccellati and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When talking about monuments, size undeniably matters - or does it? But how else can we measure monumentality? Bringing together researchers from various fields such as archaeology, museology, history, sociology, Mesoamerican studies, and art history, this book discusses terminological and methodological approaches in both theoretical contributions and various case studies. While focusing on architectural aspects, this volume also discusses the social meaning of monuments, the role of forced and free labour, as well as textual monumentality. The result is a modern interdisciplinary take on an important concept which is notoriously difficult to define.

Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture

Author : Michael L. Thomas
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292749821
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture by : Michael L. Thomas

Download or read book Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture written by Michael L. Thomas and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every society builds, and many, if not all, utilize architectural structures as markers to define place, patron, or experience. Often we consider these architectural markers as “monuments” or “monumental” buildings. Ancient Rome, in particular, is a society recognized for the monumentality of its buildings. While few would deny that the term “monumental” is appropriate for ancient Roman architecture, the nature of this characterization and its development in pre-Roman Italy is rarely considered carefully. What is “monumental” about Etruscan and early Roman architecture? Delving into the crucial period before the zenith of Imperial Roman building, Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture addresses such questions as, “What factors drove the emergence of scale as a defining element of ancient Italian architecture?” and “How did monumentality arise as a key feature of Roman architecture?” Contributors Elizabeth Colantoni, Anthony Tuck, Nancy A. Winter, P. Gregory Warden, John N. Hopkins, Penelope J. E. Davies, and Ingrid Edlund-Berry reflect on the ways in which ancient Etruscans and Romans utilized the concepts of commemoration, durability, and visibility to achieve monumentality. The editors’ preface and introduction underscore the notion of architectural evolution toward monumentality as being connected to the changing social and political strategies of the ruling elites. By also considering technical components, this collection emphasizes the development and the ideological significance of Etruscan and early Roman monumentality from a variety of viewpoints and disciplines. The result is a broad range of interpretations celebrating both ancient and modern perspectives.

Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture

Author : Wu Hung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804724289
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture written by Wu Hung and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chinese decorative, pictorial, and architectural forms, often approached as separate traditions, are here explained as a broad artistic movement and contextualized as part of a well-defined cultural and political tradition. The book begins with the first comprehensive explanation of "ritual art." This native genre encompasses ceremonial pottery, jades, and bronzes, which, though often small and hidden, manifest a unique sense of the monumental. The author traces the decline of this archaic tradition and the corresponding rise of palatial and funerary monuments against the background of China's transition from a network of principalities to a unified political state." "He portrays the continual reinvention of the city in China as he analyzes the history of the Western Han capital, Chang'an, and brings to life the individual motives of builder, mourner, and deceased in discussing the unprecedented construction and decoration of mortuary monuments during the Eastern Han. The book concludes by reexamining what is arguably the most important event in Chinese art history: the appearance of individual artists during the post-Han period and their transformation of public monumental art into a private idiom."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Kahn at Penn

Author : James Williamson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317669223
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Kahn at Penn written by James Williamson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis I. Kahn is widely known as an architect of powerful buildings. But although much has been said about his buildings, almost nothing has been written about Kahn as an unconventional teacher and philosopher whose influence on his students was far-reaching. Teaching was vitally important for Kahn, and through his Master’s Class at the University of Pennsylvania, he exerted a significant effect on the future course of architectural practice and education. This book is a critical, in-depth study of Kahn’s philosophy of education and his unique pedagogy. It is the first extensive and comprehensive investigation of the Kahn Master’s Class as seen through the eyes of his graduate students at Penn.

Music and Monumentality

Author : Alexander Rehding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199888892
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Music and Monumentality written by Alexander Rehding and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical study locates musical monumentality, a central property of the nineteenth-century German repertoire, at the intersections of aesthetics and memory. In examples including Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner and Bruckner, Rehding explores how monumentality contributes to an experiential music history and how it conveys the sublime to the listening public.

Constructing Monuments, Perceiving Monumentality and the Economics of Building

Author : Ann Brysbaert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088906978
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Constructing Monuments, Perceiving Monumentality and the Economics of Building by : Ann Brysbaert

Download or read book Constructing Monuments, Perceiving Monumentality and the Economics of Building written by Ann Brysbaert and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many societies monuments are associated with dynamic socio-economic and political processes that these societies underwent and/or instrumentalised. Due to the often large human and other resources input involved in their construction and maintenance, such constructions form an useful research target in order to investigate both their associated societies as well as the underlying processes that generated differential construction levels. Monumental constructions may physically remain the same for some time but certainly not forever. The actual meaning, too, that people associate with these may change regularly due to changing contexts in which people perceived, assessed, and interacted with such constructions.These changes of meaning may occur diachronically, geographically but also socially. Realising that such shifts may occur forces us to rethink the meaning and the roles that past technologies may play in constructing, consuming and perceiving something monumental. In fact, it is through investigating the processes, the practices of building and crafting, and selecting the specific locales in which these activities took place, that we can argue convincingly that meaning may already become formulated while the form itself is still being created. As such, meaning-making and -giving may also influence the shaping of the monument in each of its facets: spatially, materially, technologically, socially and diachronically.This volume varies widely in regional and chronological focus and forms a useful manual to studying both the acts of building and the constructions themselves across cultural contexts. A range of theoretical and practical methods are discussed, and papers illustrate that these are applicable to both small or large architectural expressions, making it useful for scholars investigating urban, architectural, landscape and human resources in archaeological and historical contexts. The ultimate goal of this book is to place architectural studies, in which people's interactions with each other and material resources are key, at the crossing of both landscape studies and material culture studies, where it belongs.

What Can and Can't be Said

Author : Dell Upton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300211759
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book What Can and Can't be Said written by Dell Upton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An original study of monuments to the civil rights movement and African American history that have been erected in the U.S. South over the past three decades, this powerful work explores how commemorative structures have been used to assert the presence of black Americans in contemporary Southern society. The author cogently argues that these public memorials, ranging from the famous to the obscure, have emerged from, and speak directly to, the region's complex racial politics since monument builders have had to contend with widely varied interpretations of the African American past as well as a continuing presence of white supremacist attitudes and monuments."--Book jacket.

Architecture Culture, 1943-1968

Author : Joan Ockman
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847815227
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Architecture Culture, 1943-1968 written by Joan Ockman and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture Culture 1943-1968 is an anthology of seventy-four international documents with critical commentary. Both a sourcebook and a companion history of architecture, the volume traces the evolution of modern architecture from the midst of the Second World War to the student revolts of May '68. Many of the selections are from hard-to-find sources, and some are translated into English for the first time. Readers will discover a rich and illuminating array of material from a period crucial to understanding the present time.

The New Monumentality

Author : Gerard Byrne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905462278
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The New Monumentality written by Gerard Byrne and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of historical and contemporary material, this publication accompanies an exhibition which explores the appeal of post-war monumental architecture to contemporary artists and takes as its departure point the work of Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (architects of the Barbican) in Leeds. The artists have a common interest in the after-life of utopian modernism and in the aspirations - social, political and aesthetic - of the 1960s. Published on the occasion of the exhibition The New Monumentality at Henry Moore Institute, May - August 2009.

The Hellenistic West

Author : Jonathan R. W. Prag
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107032423
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Hellenistic West written by Jonathan R. W. Prag and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathbreaking essays challenging the traditional focus on the eastern Mediterranean in the Hellenistic period and on Rome in the West.

The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960

Author : Eric Paul Mumford
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262632638
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960 written by Eric Paul Mumford and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne traces the development and promotion of its influential concept of the "Functional City."

Monument Wars

Author : Kirk Savage
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271335
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Monument Wars written by Kirk Savage and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kirk Savage explores the National Mall in Washington D.C., site of some of the most important & poignant memorials in the U.S. He shows how the idea of monument has changed over the decades, & how the 19th century concept of the monument has given way to the late 20th century idea of 'space', the monument as an experience.