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Visual Ecologies of Placemaking
Visual Ecologies of Placemaking
Contributing to a growing discourse in spatial humanities, this collection of essays provides a unique, critical insight into how place is shaped through visual and sensory practic...
Painting the President
Painting the President
Elaine’s dealer, Robert Graham, had offered to donate a portrait of President Kennedy to the Harry S. Truman Library. Agreement to this plan was based on her ability to work very q...
The Goddess of Place, Place of the Goddess
The Goddess of Place, Place of the Goddess
Chapter 2 investigates the goddess Svasthānī herself. Svasthānī, “the Goddess of One’s Own Place,” serves as a relatively recent and tangible case study for understanding the birth...
Williamsburgh Savings Bank (Hanson Place), first floor interior, consisting of the Hanson Place entrance vestibule; the lobby; the stairway leading to the basement lobby; the stairway leading to the upper floors, and including the first landing; the stair
Williamsburgh Savings Bank (Hanson Place), first floor interior, consisting of the Hanson Place entrance vestibule; the lobby; the stairway leading to the basement lobby; the stairway leading to the upper floors, and including the first landing; the stair
New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission...
James Joyce’s
James Joyce’s
Abstract
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: A Casebook offers a comprehensive introduction to a landmark in modern fiction. The essays collected ...
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
One of Hollywood's first openly Latin stars, Jennifer Lopez has held fast to her New York Bronx roots, while rising above them to become the highest paid Latina actress in history....
Colonial Utopias/Dystopias
Colonial Utopias/Dystopias
This chapter explores colonial utopias/dystopias. Utopianism and colonialism have had direct connections from the time Thomas More inadvertently created a genre of literature when ...
Introduction
Introduction
The question of how space becomes place, through human experience and imagination, has for some time occupied scholars of diverse disciplines. This book pursues the further religio...