Nearest thing to heaven : the Empire State Building and American dreams /
Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Nearest thing to heaven : the Empire State Building and American dreams / - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006. - xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - [American icons series] .
Series from jacket flap.
Signed on front page"D.S. Richardson - Signed [by author]" Signed on Title page "M.L"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.
Palace of dreams -- Image and icon -- Scrape the sky -- System and structure -- Still life -- Moving pictures -- Empire.
"This appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building's richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper's conception and construction, then enters into a theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York's most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism." "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."--Jacket.
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Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings.
American dream
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.)--Constructions.
New York (State)--New York.
Empire State Building
USA
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York--Empire State Building.
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Nearest thing to heaven : the Empire State Building and American dreams / - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006. - xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - [American icons series] .
Series from jacket flap.
Signed on front page"D.S. Richardson - Signed [by author]" Signed on Title page "M.L"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.
Palace of dreams -- Image and icon -- Scrape the sky -- System and structure -- Still life -- Moving pictures -- Empire.
"This appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building's richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper's conception and construction, then enters into a theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York's most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism." "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."--Jacket.
030010622X 9780300106220
9780300106220
2005035557
GBA620936 bnb 2007001793X can 2007001793X bk.) leaf) can
(AMICUS)000032209939 2007001793X 013397180 Uk
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings.
American dream
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.)--Constructions.
New York (State)--New York.
Empire State Building
USA
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York
F128.8.E46 / K56 2006
974.7/1
