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Denatured Visions: Landscape and Culture in the Twentieth Century

Stuart Wrede


Denatured Visions: Landscape and Culture in the Twentieth Century Stuart Wrede Book DescriptionBack in Print Is modernism fundamentally hostile to nature? How have the radical transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries affected our attitude toward nature and impacted the landscape, as seen in the relationship of modern building to the land, and in the parks and gardens of this past century? Proceeding from the premise that how we shape our physical environment is a fundamental reflection of our culture, this compendium of essays on landscape in the 20th century evolved from a symposium of distinguished historians, scholars, architects, landscape architects, and artists organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1988. Presented in a historical perspective, the discussion focuses on the problems and solutions of the 20th century and addresses the issues that carry over into the 21st. Architectects Include: Galen Cranz, Vincent Scully, Robert Rosenblum, Leo Marx, Caroline Constant, Stephen Krog, John Beardsley, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Kenneth... книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionBack in Print Is modernism fundamentally hostile to nature? How have the radical transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries affected our attitude toward nature and impacted the landscape, as seen in the relationship of modern building to the land, and in the parks and gardens of this past century? Proceeding from the premise that how we shape our physical environment is a fundamental reflection of our culture, this compendium of essays on landscape in the 20th century evolved from a symposium of distinguished historians, scholars, architects, landscape architects, and artists organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1988. Presented in a historical perspective, the discussion focuses on the problems and solutions of the 20th century and addresses the issues that carry over into the 21st. Architectects Include: Galen Cranz, Vincent Scully, Robert Rosenblum, Leo Marx, Caroline Constant, Stephen Krog, John Beardsley, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Kenneth......


Architecture: Today/Heute/Actuelle/Actual

Casey C. M. Mathewson


Architecture: Today/Heute/Actuelle/Actual Casey C. M. Mathewson Book DescriptionThis illustrated book is a welcome enrichment for everyone interested in contemporary architecture and urban design. With impressive photographs of trend-setting public buildings, exciting new cultural facilities, high-rise buildings, stadiums, international museums, churches and many other kinds of buildings, this book invites us to take an eye-opening tour of today?s architecture. Readers are presented with a diverse and fascinating variation of contemporary architecture through aninviting and engaging layout, which makes the material appealingly tangible. книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionThis illustrated book is a welcome enrichment for everyone interested in contemporary architecture and urban design. With impressive photographs of trend-setting public buildings, exciting new cultural facilities, high-rise buildings, stadiums, international museums, churches and many other kinds of buildings, this book invites us to take an eye-opening tour of today?s architecture. Readers are presented with a diverse and fascinating variation of contemporary architecture through aninviting and engaging layout, which makes the material appealingly tangible....

The Kin

Peter Dickinson


The Kin Peter Dickinson Book DescriptionIt is two hundred thousand years ago. A small group of children are cut off from their Kin, the Moonhawks, when they are driven from their Book DescriptionIt is two hundred thousand years ago. A small group of children are cut off from their Kin, the Moonhawks, when they are driven from their "Good Place" by violent strangers. While searching for a new Good Place, they face the parched desert, an active volcano, a canyon flood, man-eating lions, and other Kins they've never seen before. Told from four points of view, with tales of the Kins' creation interspersed throughout, this epic novel humanizes early man and illuminates the beginning of language, the development of skills, and the organization of society. It is a triumphant book from one of the genre's most revered authors....

The Lost Civil War Diaries: The Diaries of Corporal Timothy J. Regan

David C. Newton


The Lost Civil War Diaries: The Diaries of Corporal Timothy J. Regan David C. Newton Book DescriptionProduct Description Lost and forgotten in a travel trunk for almost 60 years, the diaries where discovered in the 1950s but languished in silence and obscurity until the recent discovery of the identity of thier author, Corporal Timothy J. Regan, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in 1998. This Regiment was Boston's Irish Regiment, the Fighting Ninth! These diaries are American Civil War artifacts, much like any rifle, uniform, horn, letter or sword from the war, except, these artifacts tell a story. Brief snapshots of time captured in daily entries as events actually happened, not from memoirs or research done years later. This is a primary resource documenting the trials, sacrifices, defeats and ultimate victories of the 9th in the North?s, Army of the Potomac, from April 15, 1861, through the war and beyond to March 10, 1876. This diary account entails Mr. Regan?s complete three year enlistment from June 11, 1861, through June... книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionProduct Description Lost and forgotten in a travel trunk for almost 60 years, the diaries where discovered in the 1950s but languished in silence and obscurity until the recent discovery of the identity of thier author, Corporal Timothy J. Regan, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in 1998. This Regiment was Boston's Irish Regiment, the Fighting Ninth! These diaries are American Civil War artifacts, much like any rifle, uniform, horn, letter or sword from the war, except, these artifacts tell a story. Brief snapshots of time captured in daily entries as events actually happened, not from memoirs or research done years later. This is a primary resource documenting the trials, sacrifices, defeats and ultimate victories of the 9th in the North?s, Army of the Potomac, from April 15, 1861, through the war and beyond to March 10, 1876. This diary account entails Mr. Regan?s complete three year enlistment from June 11, 1861, through June......

Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series)

Dan Gutman


Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series) Dan Gutman Book Description Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it. At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some Book Description Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it. At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine. Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!...


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