The Atlas of Legendary Places is a celebration of this earthly heritage, and charts a worldwide journey through rich and varied territory, beginning where legend, myth and reality meet. These are the eternal realms, such as the Garden of Eden, Camelot and Avalon, which cannot now be seen, but which have for centuries motivated explorers, writers and artists.
The natural beauty of settings as varied as those of Hawaii's Haleakala Crater, Japan's Mount Fuji and India's River Ganges are commemorated here as timeless landscapes, places where gods and heroes are believed to have walked on earth. In such environs human endeavour has created sacred wonders the tomb of Tutankhamun cut from the Valley of the Kings, the Maya city of Tikal in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle and Ohio's Serpent Mound created by ancestors of the North American Indians.
Man-made beauty and monuments are the stuff of legend also, from the Taj
Mahal, mausoleum of a beloved wife, to the Forbidden City, a palatial complex constructed according to mystic principles, and Elsinore, the castle of Hamlet. And legendary places can embody the triumph of human courage over adversity, as witnessed in the rebuilding of Coventry's blitzed cathedral, a symbol of forgiveness over hatred and revenge.
Magnificent illustrations, photographs, paintings and engravings, plus evocative descriptions, travellers tales and artists views make this a book to treasure.
MŰVÉSZET / Építészet kategória termékei
James Harpur, Jennifer Westwood: The Atlas of Legendary Places
Kiadás:
New York, 1989
Kiadó:
Kategóriák:
Építészet Mitológia Egyetemes történelem Útikönyv Angol nyelv
Nyelv:
Angol
Terjedelem:
240 p.
Kötésmód:
karton
ISBN:
15681502