Search results for ""Author Annabel Jane Wharton""
The University of Chicago Press Selling Jerusalem Relics Replicas Theme Parks
Book SynopsisArgues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West.Trade Review"Timely, creative, and engagingly written, Selling Jerusalem is the work of a mature scholar of established reputation. It takes the form of a constant flow from one interesting topic to another." - Conrad Rudolph, author of Pilgrimage to the End of the World"
£38.00
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Models and World Making
Book SynopsisFrom climate change forecasts and pandemic maps to Lego sets and Ancestry algorithms, models encompass our lives. In this engaging book, Annabel Wharton begins with a definition drawn from the quantitative sciences and the philosophy of science but holds that history and critical cultural theory are essential to a fuller understanding of modeling.Trade ReviewHighly original, provocative, and timely, informing discussions of models not only in the history of art and architecture but also in media studies, public health, engineering, and the social sciences. The result is lively, even surprising, and the writing balances technical discussions with conversational, occasionally irreverent, commentary." - Alan Plattus, Yale University, coeditor of Re-Reading Perspecta: The First Fifty Years of the Yale Architectural Journal"An extraordinary command of the history of illustration, of architecture, of religion, especially in the medieval and modern worlds, underlies Wharton’s enterprise. She is also alert to a great range of relevant philosophical thinking and is adroit in its use. A compelling text, presented in a lively fashion, at a bold clip, that will be absorbing to any reader." - Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh, author of The Architecture of Aftermath
£53.55
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Models and World Making Bodies Buildings Black
Book SynopsisFrom climate change forecasts and pandemic maps to Lego sets and Ancestry algorithms, models encompass our lives. In this engaging book, Annabel Wharton begins with a definition drawn from the quantitative sciences and the philosophy of science but holds that history and critical cultural theory are essential to a fuller understanding of modeling.Trade ReviewHighly original, provocative, and timely, informing discussions of models not only in the history of art and architecture but also in media studies, public health, engineering, and the social sciences. The result is lively, even surprising, and the writing balances technical discussions with conversational, occasionally irreverent, commentary." - Alan Plattus, Yale University, coeditor of Re-Reading Perspecta: The First Fifty Years of the Yale Architectural Journal"An extraordinary command of the history of illustration, of architecture, of religion, especially in the medieval and modern worlds, underlies Wharton’s enterprise. She is also alert to a great range of relevant philosophical thinking and is adroit in its use. A compelling text, presented in a lively fashion, at a bold clip, that will be absorbing to any reader." - Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh, author of The Architecture of Aftermath
£28.86
The University of Chicago Press Building the Cold War Hilton International
Book SynopsisIn post-war Europe and the Middle East, Hilton Hotels were constructed for profit and political impact to show 'the other side of the coin' to those countries exposed to Communism. This text examines the architectural means by which this vision was executed.
£34.20
University of Minnesota Press Architectural Agents
Book SynopsisArchitectural Agents makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. Trade Review"Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight."—Times Higher Education"Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration."—Art Libraries Society of North America"This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists."—CHOICE"These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own."—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review"An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures."—Reading ReligionTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Architectural AgencyPart I. Death 1. Murder2. SpoilsPart II. Disease3. Amnesia4. Urban ToxicityPart III. Addiction5. Gambling6. Digital PlayConclusion: Buildings/Things, Bodies/Texts, History/TheoryNotesBibliographyIndex
£34.79
