ISBN: 9780394571041 - the conscience of the eye: the design and social life of cities (19 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. From the assembly halls of Athens to the Turkish baths of New York's Lower East Side, from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of Harlem a study of the physical fabric of the city as a mirror of Western society and culture.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Good. From the assembly halls of Athens to the Turkish baths of New York's Lower East Side, from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of Harlem a study of the physical fabric of the city as a mirror of Western society and culture.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condición: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Knopf January 1991 Binding: Hardcover.

Cloth/Boards w/DJ. Condición: VG/G. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. VG/G. 1990. . Cloth/Boards w/DJ. Sm 4to, 266 pp., dj slightly rubbed, cover bumped . Not Illustrated (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Shelf wear near bottom edge of rear board. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn & toned in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Fine, clean and crisp first printing, appears new and unread in fresh textured cocoa boards, black cloth spine with white titles, fine pictorial dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Good hardcover with dust jacket, occasional marking/underlining.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light bumping to the spinal extremities.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "With an eye toward the architecture, the art, the literature, and the technology of urban life, one of America's most astute observers of society gives us an incisive study of the search for shelter and the fear of exposure to strangers and new experience in Western culture--and how these two concerns have shaped the physical fabric of the city. 'Why are we afraid of unfamiliar people and scenes?' asks Mr. Sennett, as he explores the development of urban society and structure, from the ancient world to the present. His discussions take us from the assembly hall of Athens to the Palladium Club; from Augustine's City of God to the Turkish baths of the Lower East Side; from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of East Harlem; from Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy to subway graffiti. At once erudite and intimate, engaging and disturbing, THE CONSCIENCE OF THE EYE is a stunning work on the politics of vision--the way in which we avert our eyes when we encounter the unaccustomed." [jacket copy] THE CONSCIENCE OF THE EYE "seeks to relate architecture, urban planning, and sculpture to the cultural life of cities, from the time of ancient Athens to late 20th-century New York. The author achieves a great deal more, for he offers a broad humanistic reflection on many of the elements that constitute modern culture: literature, spiritual rootlessness, philosophy, music, poetry, ballet, bars, and public baths. The central thesis, that modern humans suffer because of the dichotomy between their subjective private experience and their outside public life, is thoroughly persuasive. Almost every page of this elegantly written work of cultural history contains food for thought, e.g., 'The essence of developing as a human being is developing the capacity for ever more complex experience.'"--Library Journal. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a bright & intact jacket. A typically beautiful Knopf production--Quite presentable.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.