Nearest Thing to Heaven - The Empire State Building an American Dreams The Empire State Building and American Dreams
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Auteur:
Mark Kingwell
- Engels
- Paperback
- 9780300126129
- 16 november 2007
- 256 pagina's
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The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. This book encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness.
A new perspective on a beloved cultural icon, its place in our history, and its meaning in the American imagination
This elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building’s richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper’s conception and construction, then enters into a provocative theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York’s most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism. The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. And paradoxically, this building of unmistakable solidity has been made invisible by familiarity and reproduction through imagery. Mark Kingwell encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness. He offers new ways of understanding the Empire State Building in all its complexity and surprising insights into its special role as an American icon.
A new perspective on a beloved cultural icon, its place in our history, and its meaning in the American imagination
This elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building’s richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper’s conception and construction, then enters into a provocative theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York’s most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism. The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. And paradoxically, this building of unmistakable solidity has been made invisible by familiarity and reproduction through imagery. Mark Kingwell encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness. He offers new ways of understanding the Empire State Building in all its complexity and surprising insights into its special role as an American icon.
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- 16 november 2007
- Aantal pagina's
- 256
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- Hoofdauteur
- Mark Kingwell
- Hoofdredacteur
- Mark Crispin Miller
- Hoofduitgeverij
- Yale University Press
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- Originele titel
- Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams
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- illustrated edition
- Extra groot lettertype
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- 146 mm
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- 25 mm
- Product lengte
- 216 mm
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- 146 mm
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- 19 mm
- Verpakking lengte
- 216 mm
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- 340 g
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- 9780300126129
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