The Eternal Present: the Beginnings of Architecture : A contribution on constancy and change.
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Title
The Eternal Present: the Beginnings of Architecture : A contribution on constancy and change.
Creator
S. Giedion
Publisher
New York, Bollingen Foundation; distributed by Pantheon Books
Relation
Series: Bollingen series ; 35
Table Of Contents
The differing destinies of Egypt and Sumer -- The eggshells of prehistory -- Creating an anthropomorphic cosmos -- Constancy and change in the mode of expression -- The origins of monumental architecture : Mesopotamia -- Ziggurats : stairways of the gods -- Beginnings of stone architecture and the ka : Egypt -- Pyramids : rites and space -- The great temples and the eternal wandering -- Hatshepsut and the cosmic inner court -- Supremacy of the vertical -- The first architectural space conception.
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S. Giedion, “The Eternal Present: the Beginnings of Architecture : A contribution on constancy and change.,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 26, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1380.