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Author : Thomas George Bonney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Building of the Alps written by Thomas George Bonney and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tait Keller
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625040
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Apostles of the Alps written by Tait Keller and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.
Author : Léon William Collet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Structure of the Alps written by Léon William Collet and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Massimo Martignoni
Publisher : Scheidegger & Spiess
ISBN 13 : 9783858816498
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Design from the Alps 1920-2020 written by Massimo Martignoni and published by Scheidegger & Spiess. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over centuries, the transnational Alpine region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino (Alto Adige) has developed along ancient trade routes between Germany and Austria on one and northern Italy on the other side of the Alps. Similar to the region's modern and contemporary architecture, its product design is in many cases rooted in a rich local tradition of craftsmanship. Yet since the 1920s, this multilingual region has also proven its remarkable openness to European modernism's most progressive movements and become an unexpected laboratory for technical and formal exploration in the middle of the continent. 'Design from the Alps', published to coincide with an exhibition at museum Kunst Meran in autumn 2019, tells the story of a century of product design from Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, highlighting the vast variety of discoveries and innovations that have emerged there. Featured artists include, among others, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), whose experiments were inspired by the Secondo Futurismo, Gino Pollini (1903-91), a pioneer of the interwar period, as well as the celebrated architects and designers Lois Welzenbacher (1889-1955), Clemens Holzmeister (1886-1983), and Ettore Sottsas (1917-2007). Lavishly illustrated, the book follows the many protagonists of this at the same time heterogenous and collectively strong scene and offers an insightful tour d'horizon of the manifaceted design culture of western Austria and northern Italy. Exhibition: Museum Kunst Meran/Merano Arte, Italy (11.10.2019-12.01.2020).
Author : Jon Mathieu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509527745
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Alps written by Jon Mathieu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.
Author : Fiona Pia
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035617333
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Urbanizing the Alps written by Fiona Pia and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For plenty years, many popular mountain resorts have seen largely uncontrolled development consisting of the multiplication of archetypal chalet-style houses. This is usually accompanied by roadbuilding for private cars. In order to protect these tourist destinations and their natural environs from further uncontrolled development, the author investigates different settlement structures such as Andermatt, Avoriaz, Verbier, Zermatt,and Whistler-Blackcomb. On the basis of detailed graphical analyses, she develops groundbreaking strategies for urban densification and suitable mobility management, which can also be transferred to other tourist areas.
Author : Sibylle Kramer
Publisher : Braun Publish,Csi
ISBN 13 : 9783037682081
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Where Architects Stay written by Sibylle Kramer and published by Braun Publish,Csi. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The combination of architecture and vacations is highly inspiring. It promises relaxation and pleasure, beauty and style, all in one. Each of the vacation domiciles presented here can fulfill even the most discerning demands of a traveling architect. All lodgings are unique architectural jewels with a wellbeing guarantee and a personal touch that are (design-)visions come true. From the archaic forest hut in the mountain, the luxuriously decorated loft in a major metropolis, or the romantic idyllic house by the lake - these part-time dream houses allow visitors to forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life and they are the perfect place for a short escape or a longer time out.
Author : Andrew Beattie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195309553
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Alps written by Andrew Beattie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alps are Europe's highest mountain range: their broad arc stretches right across the center of the continent, encompassing a wide range of traditions and cultures. Andrew Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of this landscape, where early pioneers of tourism, mountaineering, and scientific research, along with the enduring legacies of historical regimes from the Romans to the Nazis, have all left their mark.
Author : Davide Del Curto
Publisher : Architettura
ISBN 13 : 9788857542522
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Architecture in the Alps. Heritage and Design written by Davide Del Curto and published by Architettura. This book was released on 2017 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Ring
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571276490
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book How the English Made the Alps written by Jim Ring and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For English read British which is not to quibble with the title but, as Jim Ring himself explains, 'During the period on which this book focuses, it was the custom - in the words of a Scot - ''to let the part - the larger part - speak for the whole.'' Those countries which received them - France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and above all Switzerland - all talked of the English, and the presence of the English in the Alps was precisely so described. To use the term British would thus have been an anachronism.' The nineteenth century will forever be associated with the growth of the British Empire, but nearer home there was a quieter conquest taking place. Gradually the English were taking over the Alps, scaling their peaks, driving railways through them, and introducing both winter sports and those quintessential English institutions - tea, baths, lawn tennis and churches - to remote mountain villages. Jim Ring tells the remarkable story of the English love affair with the Alps, from its beginnings with the Romantic movement, when poets such as Byron and Shelly wrote of the mountains with awed delight, through the great days of the 1850s and 1860s and the formation of the Alpine Club, to the inter-war years when the English assured the future prosperity of the alpine resorts by virtually inventing and then popularizing downhill-skiing. Part history, part biography, How the English made the Alps brings the characters - the artists, the scientists, the gentleman-adventurers, the invalids, the aristocrats, eccentrics and mountain-scramblers - vividly to life. 'Jim Rings's book cannot be bettered.' Daily Mail 'Fascinating' Stephen Venables, Daily Telegraph 'Evocative and entertaining' Financial Times 'A comprehensive, well-written account of a fascinating subject' Guardian
Author : Arnold Lunn
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Alps written by Arnold Lunn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Alps" by Arnold Lunn. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Alps in Nature and History written by William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frédéric Briand
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Alps written by Frédéric Briand and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 3822819115
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (228 download)
Download or read book The Hotel Book written by Shelley-Maree Cassidy and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2003 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.
Author : Deirdre Slattery
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486301738
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Australian Alps written by Deirdre Slattery and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. The book gives credit to little-known or understood stories of the people who have worked to establish better understanding of the Alps, especially their vital role as the major water catchments for south-eastern Australia. This new edition updates many themes, including the involvement of Aboriginal people in the region, catchment function and condition, pest plants and animals, fire and the issue of climate change. Written by a specialist with over 25 years’ experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit. This book acts as a detailed companion to park interpretive material and to topic-specific field guides: it caters for readers who want a broad overview of areas of interest they will come across in a visit to the mountains.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francesco Scomazzon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527574865
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book The Alps and Resistance (1943-1945) written by Francesco Scomazzon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the relationship between the Alps and the Resistance during the Italian Social Republic? This book explores the function of the Alps as a center of battles, violence, and opposition to fascism, as well as the cradle of political debate destined to forge modern Italian and European democracy.
