Making sense of monuments : narratives of time, movement, and scale / Michael J. Kolb.

Main entry:

Kolb, Michael J., 1960- author.

Title & Author:

Making sense of monuments : narratives of time, movement, and scale / Michael J. Kolb.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2020]

Description:

xx, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge studies in archaeology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making sense of monuments -- Time -- Movement -- Scale

Summary:

"Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, Confederate statues, Egyptian pyramids, and medieval cathedrals: these are some of the places that are the subject of Making Sense of Monuments, an analysis of how the built environment molds human experiences and perceptions via bodily comparison. Drawing from recent research in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and semiotics, Michael J. Kolb explores the mechanics of the mind, the material world, and the spatialization process of monumental architecture. Three distinct spatial-cognitive metaphors-time, movement, and scale-comprise strands of knowledge that when interwoven create embodied contours of meaning of how human interact with monumental spaces. Comprehensive, lucidly written, and thoroughly illustrated, Making Sense of Monuments is a vibrant, extraordinary journey of the monuments we have constructed and inhabited"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781138371101 hardcover
1138371106 hardcover
electronic book
9780429427756

Subject:

Architecture Human factors.
Monuments Social aspects.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Monuments Aspect social.

Added entries:

Routledge studies in archaeology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307835
Call No.: BIB 253312
Status: Available

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