Nearest thing to heaven : the Empire State Building and American dreams /

By:

Kingwell, Mark, 1963-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

030010622X
9780300106220

Subject(s): DDC classification:

974.7/1 22

LOC classification:

F128.8.E46 K56 2006

Contents:

Palace of dreams -- Image and icon -- Scrape the sky -- System and structure -- Still life -- Moving pictures -- Empire.

Review: "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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	F128.8.E46 K56 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001227

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.

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Nearest thing to heaven : the Empire State Building and American dreams /