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Author | : Cole Swensen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Poetry |
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National Book Award finalist Cole Swensen's fascinating meditation on the nature of glass, windows, perception.
Author | : Curtis LeBlanc |
Publisher | : Harbour Publishing |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2020-04-18 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0889713693 |
Download Birding in the Glass Age of Isolation Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Birding in the Glass Age of Isolation explores the experience and greater social implications of mental illness, specifically OCD and Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder. It asks the questions: How does anxiety inform both how we act and how we interpret those actions afterwards? How does the fear of retribution from one’s own mind lead to miscalculations or total inaction? Finally, how is one’s self-worth effaced in the balancing act between trying to do the right thing and doing nothing at all?
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Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1939* |
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Glass in construction & decoration; 6 reports of the Glass Age Town Planning Committee.
Author | : Stephen Eskilson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1474278388 |
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Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries. The book's chapters focus on key moments within the modern history of architecture, moments when glass came to the forefront of architectural thought, and which illustrate how glass has been used at different times to project different cultural ideas. A wide range of topics are explored – from the tension between expressionism and functionalism, to the persistent theme of glass and social class, to how glass has reflected political ideas from Nazism through to today's global consumer capitalism. The book also grapples with current arguments about sustainability, while, taking into account the advent of digital LED screens and 'smart glass', offering new cultural perspectives on the future and asking what glass architecture will signify in the digital age. Combining close readings of buildings with insights drawn from research, plus good storytelling and strong contemporary relevance, The Age of Glass offers a fascinating new perspective on modern architecture and culture.
Author | : Dwight P. Lanmon |
Publisher | : Antique Collector's Club |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781851496563 |
Download The Golden Age of English Glass Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'The Golden Age of English Glass' features 150 objects from the collection of John H. Bryan, ranging in date from c.1650-1809. These enable a full and detailed discussion of the history of English glassmaking during its critical period of innovation and it world triumph.
Author | : Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Flat glass |
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Author | : Nicholas Carr |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-01-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1473511089 |
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In The Glass Cage, Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems. In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest ‘glass cockpit’ controls plummeted 30,000 feet into the Atlantic. The reason for the crash: the autopilot had routinely switched itself off. In fact, automation is everywhere – from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self-driving cars. We now use it to diagnose patients, educate children, evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars. But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task, while the principle of automation – that humans are inefficient – is self-fulfilling. The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage. In this utterly engrossing exposé, bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. Rather than rejecting technology, Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives, using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human.
Author | : Alexandre Sauzay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Glassware |
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Author | : Stephen Eskilson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1474278353 |
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The age of glass -- Stained glass -- Daylight -- Glass visions -- Structural glass -- Shade -- The politics of glass
Author | : Alicia Durán |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2022 |
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ISBN | : 9788400109318 |
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