Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (American Icons) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (American Icons) Book

The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. This book encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the...Read More

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    This elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the buildingâ??s richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraperâ??s conception and construction, then enters into a provocative theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New Yorkâ??s most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism.

    The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. And paradoxically, this building of unmistakable solidity has been made invisible by familiarity and reproduction through imagery. Mark Kingwell encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness. He offers new ways of understanding the Empire State Building in all its complexity and surprising insights into its special role as an American icon.

  • 0300126123
  • 9780300126129
  • M Kingwell
  • 20 November 2007
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • illustrated edition
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