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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc > Memorials, monuments

On a Pedestal - A Trip around Britain's Statues (Hardcover): Roger Lytollis On a Pedestal - A Trip around Britain's Statues (Hardcover)
Roger Lytollis
R581 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R60 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them. As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby's nose and in Glasgow learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head. London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths about racism. Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . . On a Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing tales of many of those commemorated on our streets. It also features interviews with sculptors, including Sir Antony Gormley, telling the stories behind some of our most popular modern statues. Part history book, part travelogue, On a Pedestal brings statues to life. Informative and entertaining, it's a book that - ultimately - is more about blood than bronze.

Public Sculpture of Sussex (Hardcover): Jill Seddon, Peter Seddon, Anthony McIntosh Public Sculpture of Sussex (Hardcover)
Jill Seddon, Peter Seddon, Anthony McIntosh
R1,417 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R910 (64%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the seventeenth volume in the series the Public Sculpture of Britain, part of the PMSA National Recording Project, which will eventually cover the whole of the country. The introduction considers the ways in which the rural and urban landscapes of Sussex, from market town, rural village and country estate, to city, major seaside resort and new town development, are reflected in the county's public sculptures. The historical period covered ranges from the allegedly pre-historic (the Long Man of Wilmington) to the present day (the most recent entry is Maggi Hambling's The Resurrection Spirit, 2013). There is a high proportion of nineteenth- century sculptures, including significant works by John Flaxman, Michael Rysbrack, Frances Chantrey and John Edward Carew; the 'statuemania' that characterised the last part of this century is well illustrated by Thomas Brock's imposing statue celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on Hove seafront. The achievements of major twentieth and twenty-first century sculptors are represented by Elisabeth Frink and William Pye among others. Many works from this period are the result of public art initiatives by local councils, often as part of more wide-ranging regeneration schemes for Sussex towns. The patronage of health authorities, influenced by new thinking about the calming and healing qualities of art in public places has also benefitted both local sculptors and those based elsewhere in the country. Each individual work is catalogued, with precise details of location, condition and history, including commissioning, opening ceremonies and re-siting. Most are individually illustrated in black and white. Biographies of local and less well-known sculptors, together with a selected bibliography are included at the end of the volume.

The Bradbury Building - 1893 (Paperback): Sandy Bleifer The Bradbury Building - 1893 (Paperback)
Sandy Bleifer
R739 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R97 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ancient Egyptian Architecture in Fifteen Monuments (Hardcover): Felix Arnold Ancient Egyptian Architecture in Fifteen Monuments (Hardcover)
Felix Arnold
R2,067 Discovery Miles 20 670 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-By-The-Sea (Hardcover): Alissandra Dramov Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-By-The-Sea (Hardcover)
Alissandra Dramov
R709 R628 Discovery Miles 6 280 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Pewabic Pottery - A History Handcrafted in Detroit (Hardcover): Cara Catallo Pewabic Pottery - A History Handcrafted in Detroit (Hardcover)
Cara Catallo
R731 R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Save R86 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
"By the River Potomac" - An Historic Resource Study of Fort Hunt Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon,... "By the River Potomac" - An Historic Resource Study of Fort Hunt Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon, Virginia (Paperback)
Matthew R. Laird
R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

An Historic Resource Study of Fort Hunt Park

Fort Barry Balloon Hangar and Motor Vehicle Sheds - Abbreviated Historic Structures Report (Paperback): U S Department O... Fort Barry Balloon Hangar and Motor Vehicle Sheds - Abbreviated Historic Structures Report (Paperback)
U S Department O National Park Service
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This Historic Structures Report is being prepared in order to document the existing conditions and provide guidance for the maintenance and preservation of the Fort Barry Balloon Hangar and the adjacent Motor Vehicle Sheds.

Abbreviated Fort Point Historic Structure Report (Paperback): U S Department O National Park Service Abbreviated Fort Point Historic Structure Report (Paperback)
U S Department O National Park Service
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This Abbreviated Fort Point Historic Structure Report, produced by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service, provides new information regarding the building's military and physical history. The document contains a comprehensive collection of historic photographs, contemporary images and floor plans that can be used as tools for future interpretation and building rehabilitation.

Historic Structure Report - Lighthouse and Oil House: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Paperback): Dan Scheidt, U.S. Department... Historic Structure Report - Lighthouse and Oil House: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Paperback)
Dan Scheidt, U.S. Department of the Interior
R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This historic structure report is part of the ongoing effort to provide comprehensive documentation for the historic structures and landscapes of National Park Service units in the Southeast Region. The report details a summary of the treatment recommended to preserve the Bodie Island Lighthouse and provide a safe and enjoyable visitor experience.

Monuments of Bharatpur State (Hardcover): Anil Kumar Verma Monuments of Bharatpur State (Hardcover)
Anil Kumar Verma
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Government House Halifax - A Place of History and Gathering (Hardcover): Christopher McCreery Government House Halifax - A Place of History and Gathering (Hardcover)
Christopher McCreery
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Government House Halifax is the home of the Sovereign's representative in the Province of Nova Scotia and the ceremonial home of all Nova Scotians. It has also served as a home away from home for members of the Royal Family over its two-century history.Government House Halifax: A Place of History and Gathering tells the story of this historic building. Beginning with its construction in 1800 and continuing through its extensive renovations in 2009, this sumptuous book tells the story of the building's royal residents, the household staff, and the momentous -- and occasionally amusing -- events which have transpired within its walls. Christopher McCreery expertly guides readers through the building, including the state rooms and its hidden secrets, and introduces readers to important works of art held at Government House as part of the Crown Collection. McCreery's text is amply illustrated by an extraordinary collection of images, including historic drawings and paintings along with modern photographs.

Monuments and Literary Posterity in Early Modern Drama (Hardcover): Brian Chalk Monuments and Literary Posterity in Early Modern Drama (Hardcover)
Brian Chalk
R2,684 Discovery Miles 26 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher, and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in their own literary immortality. This book re-evaluates the relationship between these early modern dramatists and literary posterity by considering their work within the context of post-Reformation memorialization. Providing fresh analyses of plays by major dramatists, Brian Chalk considers how they depicted monuments and other funeral properties on stage in order to exploit and criticize the rich ambiguities of commemorative rituals. The book also discusses the print history of the plays featured. The subject will attract scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theatre, and print history.

From Memory to Marble - The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes (Hardcover): Elizabeth Rankin,... From Memory to Marble - The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Rankin, Rolf Michael Schneider
R650 R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Save R70 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa's interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52) represents a crucial period of South Africa's past. Conceptualising the frieze both reflected on and contributed to the country's socio-political debates in the 1930s and 1940s when it was made. The book considers the active role the Monument played in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the development of apartheid, as well as its place in post-apartheid heritage. The frieze is unique in that it provides rare evidence of the complex processes followed in creating a major monument. Based on unpublished documents, drawings and models, these processes are unfolded step by step, from the earliest discussions of the purpose and content of the frieze, through all the stages of its design, to its shipping to post-war Italy to be copied into marble from Monte Altissimo, up to its final installation in the Monument. The book examines how visual representation transforms historical memory in what it chooses to recount, and the forms in which it is depicted. The second volume expands on the first, by investigating each of the twenty-seven scenes of the frieze in depth, providing new insights into not only the frieze, but also South Africa's history. Francois van Schalkwyk of African Minds, co-publisher with De Gruyter writes: From Memory to Marble is an open access monograph in the true sense of the word. Both volumes of the digital version of the book are available in full and free of charge from the date of publication. This approach to publishing democratises access to the latest scholarly publications across the globe. At the same time, a book such as From Memory to Marble, with its unique and exquisite photographs of the frieze as well as its wealth of reproduced archival materials, demands reception of a more traditional kind, that is, on the printed page. For this reason, the book is likewise available in print as two separate volumes. The printed and digital books should not be seen as separate incarnations; each brings its own advantages, working together to extend the reach and utility of From Memory to Marble to a range of interested readers.

London's Statues and Monuments (Paperback, Revised Edition): Peter Matthews London's Statues and Monuments (Paperback, Revised Edition)
Peter Matthews
R541 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Save R49 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events - from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. Executed in stone, bronze and a range of other materials, London's statues and monuments include work by some of the world's greatest sculptors, such as Edwin Lutyens and Sir Christopher Wren. This newly revised book takes account of the many new statues erected between 2012 and 2017, including those of Mary Seacole at St Thomas' Hospital and Amy Winehouse in Camden, and is a fully illustrated guide to the works and their stories: sometimes surprising and occasionally controversial, but always fascinating.

Greyfriars Graveyard (Paperback): Charlotte Golledge Greyfriars Graveyard (Paperback)
Charlotte Golledge
R455 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

When Greyfriars Graveyard opened in Edinburgh in the sixteenth century, built on the site of a Franciscan monastery on the edge of the Old Town below the castle, it became Edinburgh's most important burial site. Over the centuries many of Edinburgh's leading figures have been buried at Greyfriars, alongside many more ordinary folk, and it is home to a spectacular collection of post-Reformation monuments. In this book local historian Charlotte Golledge takes the reader on a tour around Greyfriars Graveyard to reveal the history of the cemetery, from when James I granted the land as a monastery to the present day. She explores the huge variety of its monuments and gravestones and explains the symbolism behind the stones and carvings and how the styles changed over the years. Through this she paints a remarkable picture of life and death in Edinburgh over the centuries, which will appeal to both residents and visitors to the Scottish capital.

Osterville Village Library (Paperback): Anthony M Sammarco Osterville Village Library (Paperback)
Anthony M Sammarco
R499 R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Once More to the Sky - The Rebuilding of the World Trade Center (Hardcover): Scott Raab, Joe Woolhead Once More to the Sky - The Rebuilding of the World Trade Center (Hardcover)
Scott Raab, Joe Woolhead
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer. In late 2014, One World Trade Center-or the Freedom Tower-opened for business. It took nearly ten years, cost roughly four billion dollars, and required the sweat, strength, and stamina of hundreds of construction workers, digging deep below the earth's surface and dangling high in the air. It suffered setbacks that would've most likely scuttled any other project, including the ousting of a famed architect, the relocation of the building's footprints due to security reasons, and the internecine feuding of various politicians and governing bodies. And yet however over budget and over deadline, it ultimately got built, and today it serves as a 1,776-foot reminder of what America is capable of when we put aside our differences and pull together for a common cause. No writer followed the building of the Freedom Tower more closely than Esquire's Scott Raab. Between 2005 and 2015, Raab published a landmark ten-part series about the construction. He shadowed both the suits in their boardrooms and the hardhats in their earthmoving equipment, and chronicled it all in exquisite prose. While familiar names abound-Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie, Mike Bloomberg and Larry Silverstein, the real estate developer who only a few weeks before 9/11 signed a ninety-nine-year, $3.2 billion lease on the World Trade Center-just as memorable are the not-so-famous. People such as Bryan Lyons, a Yonkers-born engineer who lost his firefighter brother on 9/11 and served as a superintendent on the rebuilding effort. And Charlie Wolf, whose wife was killed in the North Tower and who, in one of the series' most powerful scenes, weeps on a policeman's shoulder after delivering her hairbrush and toothbrush for DNA samples. Once More to the Sky collects all ten original pieces along with a new epilogue from Raab about what's happened in the years since the Freedom Tower was completed, and why it remains such an important symbol. The four-color book also features dozens of photos-many never-before-seen-and a prologue from photographer Joe Woolhead, the official site photographer for the World Trade Center's rebuilding. Publishing to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, it is a moving tribute to American resolve and ingenuity.

The Security Council Chamber (Hardcover): Jørn Holme The Security Council Chamber (Hardcover)
Jørn Holme; Text written by Ingeborg Glambek, Ulf Grønvold, Nina Berre, Guri Hjeltnes
R1,656 R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830 Save R273 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Bears Ears - Landscape of Refuge and Resistance (Paperback): Andrew Gulliford Bears Ears - Landscape of Refuge and Resistance (Paperback)
Andrew Gulliford
R728 R657 Discovery Miles 6 570 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Designated in 2016 by President Obama and reduced to 85 percent of its original size one year later by President Trump, Bears Ears National Monument continues to be a flash point of conflict between ranchers, miners, environmental groups, states' rights advocates, and Native American activists. In this volume, Andrew Gulliford synthesizes 11,000 years of the region's history to illuminate what's truly at stake in this conflict and distills this geography as a place of refuge and resistance for Native Americans who seek to preserve their ancestral homes, and for the descendants of Mormon families who arrived by wagon train in 1880. Gulliford's engaging narrative explains prehistoric Pueblo villages and cliff dwellings, Navajo and Ute history, impacts of the Atomic Age, uranium mining, and the pothunting and looting of Native graves that inspired the passage of the Antiquities Act over a century ago. The book describes how the national monument came about and its deep significance to five native tribes. Bears Ears National Monument is a bellwether for public land issues in the American West. Its recognition will be a relevant topic for years to come.

Iconoclastic Controversies - A photographic inquiry into antagonistic nationalism (Paperback, New edition): Nico Carpentier Iconoclastic Controversies - A photographic inquiry into antagonistic nationalism (Paperback, New edition)
Nico Carpentier
R843 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R264 (31%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The book combines photography and written text to analyse the role of memorials and commemoration sites in the construction of antagonistic nationalism. Taking Cypriot memorializations as a case study, the book shows how these memorials often support, but sometimes also undermine, the discursive-material assemblage of nationalism.

Anglo-Boer War (South African War) 1899-1902 - A Historical Guide To Memorials And Sites In South Africa (Paperback): Jackie... Anglo-Boer War (South African War) 1899-1902 - A Historical Guide To Memorials And Sites In South Africa (Paperback)
Jackie Grobler
R455 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R35 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Even though the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 ended more than 110 years ago, no extensive study on the sites of remembrance of this war that covers the country as a whole and is based on methodological research has thus far been published.

This book is aimed at filling that void. This is a study of commemorative sites with a difference. The text guides the reader in two ways simultaneously. In the first place it provides information on the vast number (more than 1 200) and wide range of Anglo-Boer War places of remembrance in South Africa. These include monuments, memorials such as plaques and tablets, historical sites such as battlefields and concentration camp locations, buildings that have a specific connection with the war, statues, busts and bas-relief sculptures, historical paintings, museum collections and, of course, since it has to do with a war, cemeteries and graves.

Secondly, the book places all the sites that are included in their historical context. To simply indicate the approximate location of a war site, without providing a proper indication on how the site fits into the broad history of the event that it commemorates, is of limited value. For that reason the places of remembrance are introduced to the reader against the background of the history which they mirror. This means in effect that the reader acquires, together with information on the places of remembrance, a concise history of the war as a whole. As a result the book will not only be useful to readers who travel to the sites, but also to readers and users who are not actually travelling (virtual tourists).

Following on an introduction on the nature and scope of the commemorative places of the Anglo-Boer War, the sites are introduced in a thematic-chronological manner. The book is based on extensive research and field work. The author himself visited and photographed more than 90% of the sites that are included. A large number of sources were consulted to ensure the correctness of the information that is provided.

Even though the book is research-based, and will be useful to both scholars on the war and the general public, ideological issues are not discussed. The focus is on the physical places of remembrance as such. The book is written from a neutral point of departure – it is neither pro-Briton nor pro-Boer. Approximately 60% of the places of remembrance that are included in the book commemorate the British forces and 40% the Republican forces.

Durham Hosiery - Redux et al. (Paperback): Barry M. Koplen Durham Hosiery - Redux et al. (Paperback)
Barry M. Koplen
R1,249 Discovery Miles 12 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fake Heritage - Why We Rebuild Monuments (Hardcover): John Darlington Fake Heritage - Why We Rebuild Monuments (Hardcover)
John Darlington
R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The first survey of the many redesigned and imitation historical landmarks and objects that dot the globe "John Darlington shows . . . it is not just written history that is malleable; it is also history on the ground, heritage in brick and stone, wood and metal."-Simon Jenkins, Times Literary Supplement What happens when the past-or, more specifically, a piece of cultural heritage-is fabricated? From 50 replica Eiffel Towers located around the world to Saddam Hussein's reconstructions of ancient cities, examples of forged heritage are widespread. Some are easy to dismiss as blatant frauds (the Piltdown Man), while others adhere to honest copying or respectful homage (the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee). This compelling book examines copies of historic buildings, faux archaeological sites, and other false artifacts, using them to explore the ethics and consequences of reconstructing the past; it also tackles the issues involved with faithful, "above-board" re-creations of ancient landmarks. John Darlington probes questions of historical authenticity, seeking the lessons that lurk when history is twisted to tell an untrue story. Amplified by stunning images, the narrative underscores how the issue of duplicating heritage is both intriguing and incredibly complex, especially in the twenty-first century-as communication and technology flourish, so too do our opportunities to be deceived.

Gonbad-e Q?bus - Iran's Mysterious Tower (Paperback): David J Patten Gonbad-e Qābus - Iran's Mysterious Tower (Paperback)
David J Patten
R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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