Majestic and awe-inspiring, mountains demand our attention. Through
the centuries, they have both repulsed and attracted. They have
been appreciated and despised as sites of divine and diabolic
sublimity, as the dwellings of gods and demons, hermits and
revolutionaries. Mountain encounters have defined ways of seeing.
They have changed our sense of time. They have pushed the boundary
between life and death. Progressively tamed, exploited, even
commodified, today mountains continue to attract seekers of
spiritual quietness and of extreme emotions alike, as well as
weekend travellers looking for a break from the everyday.In this
compelling journey through peaks both real and imaginary, Veronica
della Dora explores how the history of mountains is deeply
interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with
religious beliefs and scientific practices. She shows how mountains
are ultimately collaborations between geology and the human
imagination, and how they have helped shape our environmental
consciousness and our place in the world. Magnificently
illustrated, and featuring examples from five continents and
beyond, Mountain offers a fascinating exploration of mountains and
the idea of mountain in art and literature, science and sport,
religion and myth.
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