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Studies in religion and the arts volume Volume 9
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Pamphlet architecture volume no. 29
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Publisher
Leiden University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Cities are full of symbols that bear the meanings that together constitute urban culture. These interdisciplinary case studies, from Yogyakarta to Leiden and from Buenos Aires to New York, employ urban symbolism theory and a focus on such symbols as the city's layout, statues, street names and popular culture. This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore...
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University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"In this interdisciplinary narrative, the never-ending "completion" of China's most important street offers a broad view of the relationship between art and ideology in modern China. Chang'an Avenue, named after China's ancient capital (whose name means "Eternal Peace"), is supremely symbolic. Running east-west through the centuries-old heart of Beijing, it intersects the powerful north-south axis that links the traditional centers of political and...