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The foundations of modern scientific thought, four centuries old, are firmly rooted in a conception that the universe is a machinelike entity, a play of baubles, -machines, trinkets. Quantum mechanics and biology have begun to change this way of thinking, but even to this day, our real daily experience of ourselves as we actually are, has no clear place in science. No wonder that a machinelike world-view has supported the deadly architecture of the last century.
Alexander breaks away completely from the one-sided mechanical model; he shows us conclusively that the emergence of every act from a larger wholeness must change our understanding completely, and leads inevitably to the fact that a spiritual, emotional, and personal basis must underlie every act of building.
In the middle of the book comes the linchpin of the work; an 86-page chapter on color, which lavishly illustrates and dramatically conveys the way that consciousness and spirit make their appearance in the world.
Throughout this fourth and final book, is a new cosmology uniting matter and consciousness: self inextricably joined to the substrate of matter, present in all matter, and providing wholeness with its underpinnings.
The book provides a path for those contemporary scientists who are beginning to see consciousness as the underpinning of matter, and thus as a proper object of scientific study. It will change, forever, our conception of what buildings are.
"I believe he is likely to be remembered most of all, in the end, for having produced the first credible proof of the existence of God . . ."-Eric Buck, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky
Christopher Alexander is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, architect, builder and author of many books and technical papers. He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and after 40 years of teaching is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Borrowed spiritual wisdom.......2004-08-09
Alexander's Pattern Language series was/is a great accomplishment. It made the mysteries of good architectural design accessible to everyone. It attempted to liberate home- and town-building from the arrogant priesthood of professional architects and exposed the bankrupt values behind so much of contemporary building. It offered a deeply human alternative much more in tune with the way we really live.
Not surprisingly it did very little to change professional practices. Even the few architects who are sympathetic to his viewpoint largely dismiss his ideas and methods as economically impractical, except for wealthy clients who can afford the time and money needed to build a home with such individual attention to every idiosyncratic detail. The one area Alexander has had a major influence on is computer program design -- there economic factors are not a constraint and his notions about recursive patterns and sequences have been taken seriously and had a lasting effect.
Having made hardly a dent in his chosen profession, Alexander now appears to have turned his attention elsewhere - to the future and to his own posterity. In The Nature of Order, and especially in the final Book 4, he babbles on and on about his Holy Grail - an "astounding" new world view that will supposedly revolutionize civilization (and vindicate Alexander as a Prophet crying in the modern Wilderness), in which Science and Art, object and subject, ornament and function, beauty and practicality will at last be seen as One Living Whole, inextricably bound together in mystical union like the interwoven threads of the Turkish prayer rugs he is so enamored of. Then and only then will buildings express the True Self and Blaze with Spirit and Inner Light and Centers and Beings and "I-stuff", blah, blah, blah.
The art history illustrations are lovely (by comparison, most of Alexander's own paintings and drawings look rather second-rate), but the half-baked metaphysical ramblings, dressed up as pseudo-science, are very tedious, overly intellectual, and hardly new. The 2500-year-old Buddhist canon and many other spiritual traditions, like Sufism, Taoism, the Hindu Upanishads or Native American and Aboriginal religious cosmologies, have all expressed this vision far more eloquently and effectively. Alexander gives these venerable traditions barely a nod of acknowledgment, except as visual evidence supporting his own vague and untestable theories - since they make no claims to Scientific Truth, as Alexander does relentlessly, he just ignores or co-opts their immense contributions.
Give Alexander credit for his emphasis on personal feeling, but educating our feeling to make ever more accurate side-by-side discriminations between "degrees of life" can take us only so far as an aesthetic method. Being an artist is more a matter of life-long discipline and *practice* - above all, learning how to cultivate the right state of mind - natural and open, free from fixed concepts, beyond even the most refined intellectual judgments of good and bad, beautiful and ugly. It's not something to rattle on about for page after repetitive page, it's something to do - to discover how to do through doing, through direct experience. In my own work, books like John Daido Loori's Zen and Creativity and Chogyam Trungpa's Dharma Art, or Suzuki Roshi's Not Always So have been much more helpful and to the point.
wisdom through patience.......2004-07-30
I'm not an architect, though I do paint a bit and presume to teach. A friend from Ohio undertook one of Alexander's architectural courses, 20 years ago, and posted me notes on Alexander's colour theory. I've used them ever since. But the articulation of this guru's understanding of the experience world & how we process it & make art in and for it, has become keener, more subtle & concise over the years. This is a very, very profound teaching without any messianic overdrive. Indeed, its the patience and humility of Alexander's process of discovering essential rules & roles for making art, that are most profound and the enduring feature of his presentation. And the book's own look exemplifies his quest for the beautiful.I'm not so taken with the reproductions of his own painting, however. I can't quibble with the twentieth century masters he reproduces as evidence for enduring beauty. A fabulous book!
A Profoundly Eloquent Glimpse of Life's Depth..........2004-05-20
*** Original review: May 20, 2004 ***
Those who know me know that I am not prone to making either quick judgements or vacuous statements, so my friends (at least) will know that both the title of this mini-review and the few words that follow are far from whimsical: Alexander's Nature of Order, and in particular this fourth volume which I have recently received and simply cannot put down, are in my humble opinion, destined to rank as one of this *world's* great literary/philosophical achievements. What Alexander has produced is nothing short of a brilliant vision for the transcendent reality that lies beneath and beyond conventional categories. I write this as a Ph.D. physicist, with two graduate-level mathematical physics texts under my belt (both on complex systems), and semi-pro photographer with 30 years of experience of trying to capture "beauty" in nature. Alexander's work has provided a tentative -- but oh so deep -- glimpse of an answer to my own philosophical struggles as scientist and artist: physics and art are but two sides of a vastly richer coin, and are merely pointers to an infinitely rich *life* that pervades this universe; indeed, the life that *is* this universe. Every human being who has ever sincerely pondered the question "Why?" when looking up at the sky, while admiring a pretty flower, or looking into a mirror, can do no better than to curl up by a fireplace with a hot cup of tea, open up volume four of this incredible set of books and start using the musings lovingly offered here to look within for answers. Truly a remarkable achievement. I have never met Christopher Alexander, but can honestly say that I have been deeply touched by this preternaturally wise soul.
***** Musings added Sep 1, 2005 *******
Having now read the entire opus (I-IV), and currently on my 3rd reading of volume I, I am fully convinced that Alexander's Nature of Order is an absolutely stunning achievement of the highest caliber. I also concur with a quote that appears on the inner flap of the books, to the effect that while very few (if any) philosophical/conceptual works (and their authors) are likely to be remembered 500 years hence, there is a strong possibility that Alexander's Opus WILL be remembered as a precursor to what our present day (only partially overlapping fields of) "science" & "art" will have evolved to in 500 years (a unified, wholistic body of "Sci-Art" in which the schism between objective & subjective / inner & outer no longer exists).
What Alexander presents in these books is a tentative first stab at a magnificent new CONCEPT; not a mathematical or physical theory (though rudiments of what might go into a more formal description are also discussed). Although many of Alexander's ideas are quite subtle and require thoughtful reflection to fully comprehend and integrate into (ironically) a whole (new worldview), the basic thesis is original and profound: EVERYTHING that exists contains "life", and the degree (lesser or greater) to which life is manifest in "X" can be *objectively* determined by probing one's *subjective* (inner) world. Nature is seen, in this view, simply as the totality of life, continually unfolding; and beauty (as generated by local life-forms such as humans), as a resonance between outwardly objective forms and (the very deepest) subjective inner feelings.
Western science's longstanding divide between "what's out there in the world" and "what is in here, in our hearts and souls" is exchanged for a new worldview in which our understanding of the cosmos is predicated on an active unity between objectivity and subjectivity; between dispassionate form and intensely personal beauty; between "eye" and "I"; between the deepest inner feeling and continually unfolding outer life. If this sounds radical (and perhaps even a bit strange), that is because it IS radical; Alexander is proposing a sweeping idea that is both revolutionary and (only in hindsight, after having read his extraordinary Opus) obvious! For it really cannot be any other way! Every thinking -- no, every FEELING -- creature who wants to know our cosmos and his/her unique role in it needs to read these books. They are truly remarkable! The next great strides in art and science will be made (simultaneously) when, one day, an EINSTein-Alexander appears and uses the ideas expressed in these books to develop (using a mathematics not yet created) a rigorous new theory of "Sci-Art-Beauty-Life". These are ostensibly books on "architecture"; but they far -- FAR -- transcend that field; they speak, collectively, about everything that exists.
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In the twenty-first century, the widespread integration of computer technologies has brought text-based information into many facets of everyday life. This has caused an ever-growing interest in typography across many fields of visual communication, where text and letterform play a central role in disseminating social trends and reflecting the spirit of the times.
Arabic Typography takes the reader through a comprehensive study of Arabic letterforms, starting with a concise historical overview of their development and styles, and proceeding to the latest design and technological advances. It attempts to establish the foundations for Arabic type-design by drawing lessons from past practices and aesthetic conventions, in order to retain the enduring traits that are of relevance for improvement and innovation in future type-design creations.
Going beyond the historical facts to discuss current design issues pertaining to the creation and production of letterforms, it presents Arabic typographic design as an essential communication tool that should marry functionality and legibility to aesthetic delight.
This book will serve as a valuable reference on Arabic typography, and as an educational guide for design students, professionals and anyone who uses Arabic type and enjoys the visual appearance of this language and its letterforms.
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An excellent first on the subject.......2002-06-10
Not only does this book provide an excellent overview of the history of Arabic script and printing, but it also lays out a vision and guidelines for the development of contemporary Arabic fonts. The book also focuses on the history and state of Arabic printing (as opposed to Arabic calligraphy), and highlights the technical challenges that arose from the adoption of what essentially is a calligraphic script to mechanical (or digital) printing processes.
The book ends with a selection of type designs by contemporary Arab type designers, which gives the reader a feel of what is happening out there in this field.
I recommend this (beatifully designed) book to anyone who deals with Arabic publishing, design or type design.
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Through conversations held with fifteen of the most accomplished contemporary cinematographers, the authors explore the working world of the person who controls the visual look and style of a film.
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Masters of Light.............2003-10-08
Trough conversations held with fifteen of the most accomplished contemporary cinematographers , the authors explore the working world of the person who controls the visual look and style of a film. In the past two decades a whole new generation of cinematographers has emerged on the international film scene. Often using spare and original lighting and camera techniques that would have horrified oldtime Hollywood, directors of photography have made a public mark on the film-making process that was all but unthinkable in earlier years. No other volume of in-depth conversations with generation of cinematographers is available to students and moviegoers. These interviews are rich in practical detail as well as stimulating discussions of aesthetic issues. Thus, reading this book is like taking a class from fifteen top cameramen. Taken together, the conversation in this book reveal the remarkable range of creativity and dedication demanded of the visual artist in feature filmmaking today.
maybe I was sent the wrong book?.......2003-07-04
I like hearing anyone discuss cameras and techniques except sheep. It seems the newer generation(now old) of cinematographers say exactly what their peers say. 1)Hollywood bad 2)minimalism good 3)Thank God for faster film/ available light 4)newer lenses are too sharp? 5)My lower region fell asleep
6) that's not an entirely bad thing.
Personal Mastery.......2003-01-16
The best book I have ever read in terms of intimately understanding the art and passion of the Cinematographer. All the interviews are great but the interview of Conrad Hall, ASC shines brighter now that he has passed on.
Must have.
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!.......1999-02-03
This book almost made me cry. Although I'm more involved with directing itself than DoP functions it made me really want to get deeply involved in photography.
It gives an inside overview by the absolute pros in the matter wisely interviewed about the highlights in their careers, their careers as DoPs, their relationships with the directors and the technical secrets of well-known films and blockbusters.
A must for everybody involved in film or filmlovers!!
Revealing, intimate conversations........1998-01-21
Each chapter is an exciting, revealing conversation with a well known, talented Director of Photography. A great first hand way to learn why the films you love look the way they do.
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For 18 years, cartoonist Greg Evans"s popular strip Luann has masterfully captured the essence of the most fundamental truth about being a teenager . . . adolescence is an extremely funny time, except when you are in it.This ever-popular strip chronicles the humorous trials and tribulations of teenager Luann DeGroot. Using a careful blend of one-strip zingers and humorous ongoing story lines, Evans allows readers to peer into a 16-year-old"s life"one filled with homework, heartbreak, and humor.Luann actually gets along with her parents better than the average teenager, as long as they don"t get "all parental," that is. Tolerating her Oreo-chomping brother, Brad, and his wasteland of a bedroom and nasty bathroom habits can be a little more challenging. Brad isn"t the only trying male in her life. There"s also the school brainiac, Gunther"a sweet guy who Luaan likes only as a friend. Unfortunately, Gunther thinks he and Luann are a perfect match. Meanwhile, Luann knows who her ideal mate is: the gorgeous and popular Aaron Hill. Now, if only he know that Luann existed.The secrets of her family challenges and boy troubles are safe with best friend Bernice, the girl who gets straight As and gives Luann the straight truth about life. The anti-Bernice is Tiffany, Luann"s arch-nemesis classmate who exudes plastic popularity and single-handedly destroys half the atmosphere with her hair spray.The charming ensemble cast of Luann is enjoyed by thousands of readers daily, including the 50,000 who visit the Luannsroom.com Web site each day. Luann"s fans include both teenagers who understand where she"s coming from and parents who can appreciate the often-humorous difficulties they face. This collection proves that teen life can be troublesome and hilarious at the same time.
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From an innocent but flawed child to a "Girl Power" bimbo........2004-03-14
Now changed from a baby-faced 13-year-old kid to a 16-year-old Barbie doll, Luann looks down on men and older people, has glittery movie fantasies about herself, and chases pretty boys just like any cartoon teensyboppers those days.
Now fewer and fewer people outside the idealized teen group can relate to Luann, who might as well be twin sisters to Tiffany, her once-upon-a-time rival. Heck, it won't be long before she becomes the busty, short-skirted captain of a cheerleading squad and a prom queen with her boy toy, the elusive Aaron Hill permanently at her side.
So it's goodbye to pathetically low self-esteem and hello to ridiculously sky-high ego.
Luann:The Tv Series.......2003-12-03
there is going to be a tv series of "Luann". the role of "Luann" was turned down by JamieLynn Spears. the younger sibling to pop superstar Britney Spears.
for more info go to:: http:://www.jamielynn.net
Sooo cute.......2003-11-22
This is one the best Luann books. It addresses issues that adolescents go through with refreshing humor. I like how Brad constantly makes fun of Luann and Luann's never-ending boycraziness. I know that my friends sometimes can't stand it when I go on and on about men. I enjoyed this book, however the "connection" between Luann and Stuart never got resolved. It seemed as though he just disappeared. Still worth the read.
You won't laugh........2003-10-14
But that doesn't mean it's too bad of a book. The story line is pretty decent. It's more like a serious strip like Apt. 3-G or Brenda Starr, but with a saracastic teenager. Just don;t expect to laugh and you should be ok with this book.
Luann needs fans!.......2002-04-05
Luann has been around for the amount of years that her now age is! the 16 year old is by far the greatest comic to be made, okay actualy peanuts is, but that's hard to top! we need fans to buy luann so creator, greg evans can release more editions and allow us to see her grow up from 1985 to now. if you havent purchased luann: the plunge please do, and if u have please purchase "passion, outrage, betrayal!"
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Builders Of Camphill: Lives And Destinies Of The Founders
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In 1939, a small group of young Austrian refugees, together with Dr Karl König, formed a community to help children with special needs. From this small beginning the Camphill Movement developed.
This is the story of Camphill's eleven intrepid founders. Alix Roth was a photographer in Vienna; Anke Weihs a dancer; Thomas Weihs had studied medicine in Vienna and Basel; Carlo Pietzner was an artist in Vienna; and Peter Roth began medical studies and later became a priest.
This book documents how these pioneers and other diverse talents came together to form a network that today includes more than a hundred homes, schools, and villages.
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Super Champions of Ice Hockey (Winners)
Ross Robert Olney
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Excellent Guide to the Art of Storytelling.......2003-09-09
I bought this book hoping for some basic tips and techniques to get me started on the path of storytelling to preschoolers and
elementary age children. Margaret Read MacDonald offers that and
much more. This professional storyteller, author and children's
librarian brings a wealth of knowledge by way of a PhD in folklore and more than 35 years of storytelling experience to
the fore in this engaging, highly readable book. This tiny volume is packed with encyclopedic-like wisdom. She includes dozens of actual stories, categorized by age of listener as well as type of tale, and offers practical suggestions on voice pitch, hand movements and facial expressions to help the novice storyteller bring the tale to life.
Best of all, she is so encouraging along the way, constantly
reassuring the reader that making up stories and/or retelling old favorites is a snap. If we follow her suggestions and practice, we'll be storytellers extraordinaire in no time. This book is an excellent resource for parents or caretakers who simply want to tell bedtime stories; but is also a wonderful introductory text for anyone wishing to embark on the path of professional storytelling.
The bibliography and additional suggested resources at the end of the book are invaluable.
If you have any interest in storytelling at all, this book is a must-have for your reference library.
Tall on stories, Short on techniques.......2002-04-19
I had purchased this book because I was looking for basic techniques on telling short stories. The majority of the book is stories with tips on telling those specific stories. I returned this book within 10 minutes of receiving it in the mail!
An invaluable skill for any parent or grandparent.......2001-07-05
The art of storytelling is an essential, invaluable skill for any parent or grandparent wanting to entertain a child. With Margaret MacDonald's The Parents' Guide To Storytelling: How To Make Up New Stories And Retell Old Favorites, now any parent or grandparent can learn how to spellbind eager youngsters with stories and tales that will pass along family traditions, values, histories, as well as nurturing familial bonds and affectionate intimacies. The Parents' Guide To Storytelling offers a wealth of tips and techniques suitable for use with children of all ages in the telling of favorite nursery narratives, fingerplay stories, bedtime yarns, folktales, and more.
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During the 14th and 15th centuries military tactics in Europe underwent a period of sustained transformation of which the outcome was the rejuvenation of the footsoldier as the major tactical unit. One nation alone stands principally responsible for this development – the Swiss Confederation. For centuries the mounted knights had 'ridden roughshod over the populations of Europe'. It was in the Swiss halberdier and later the pikeman that the mounted men-at-arms were to meet their match. This absorbing text by Douglas Miller provides an account of rise of the Swiss army to its tactical zenith, beginning with the classic encounter at Morgarten.
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Fascinating insight into the Renaissance.......2007-01-09
We get to read in high school and undergraduate History courses all about the great Monarchies and Empires of Olde Europe (TM) but we never see anything like this. Who outside of Europe ever knew that the greatest and most feared army of Europe in the Renaissance was that of a small Confederacy of city-states and forest cantons in Switzerland, the Helvetic Confederacy or the so called Old Swiss Confederacy (even while the most powerful Navy at the same time was that of the Republic of Venice).
These people who invented modern warfare, also took democracy to another level and even ELECTED their military leaders on the very eve of crucial battles. Based on the contempt people have for Democracy today you would assume that this would be a recipe for disaster, but the Swiss met the best Armies of Europe, including that of the mighty Austrian Hapsburgs and Charles the Bold (along with his contingent of the allegedly undefeatable British Longbowmen), and annihilated them time and time again. With each sub-unit retaining it's independence and operating under multiple elected (and unelectable) leaders, one might expect the Swiss armies to be disorganized and parylized with indecision, but the Swiss showed how democratic organization can work when people want to work togehter; the Swiss Reislauffer were characterized by their fearless courage, tight battlefield discipline, and hair trigger boldness in battle.
Tables in this Osprey book show ranks of pikemen and halberdiers made up of a bakers guild, a butchers guild, a cobblers guild and the like. The history of all of the battles, from the first victory by three tenuously unified Cantons over an invading Hapsburg army to the defeats of Charles the Bold two Centuries later. Reading this book will make you want to learn more about the Old Swiss Confederacy, and about the History of Europe in general.
Emperor Maximillion of the Holy Roman Empire invented the Landsknechts in a conscious attempt to mimic the success of the Swiss. The Osprey book Landknecht Warrior contains yet more detailed information about the Swiss at War.
Notable book for any military history-fan!.......2001-06-29
I think Switzerland is an example for everybody who wants to be free!
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One hundred eventful years are entertainingly assembled into one manageable package in The 20th Century: An Illustrated History of Our Lives and Times. It is superbly organized; the century is broken into decade by decade chapters, then further divided into year by year sections, each containing six to eight information packed pages per year. The 756 page book contains over 2500 photographs, maps and illustrations.
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The 20th Century: An Illustrated History of Our Lives ..........2004-08-05
This is an excellent rendition of the previous century. It contains adequate description and full-color presentations
of key events which shaped the time period. Cubism is depicted,
as well as the Heisenberg Principle, Darwin/Mandel and
President Theodore Roosevelt. The work would be perfect for
any class project.
A Remarkable History Reference Book!!.......2000-12-02
I recently checked out from the library the 1995 version of this book, entitled "Our Times: The Illustrated History of the 20th Century." It is well-written, superbly organized, and intellectually seductive. Anyone interested in knowing more about history of the 20th century will find between these covers some of the most telling, vivid, interesting, and glorious details about the people and events and "causes and effects" in 20th century history that heretofore has existed in our heads only at the "label level." (For example, in 1918, when the German ace fighter pilot "Red Baron"--Baron Manfred von Richthofen--was shot down, credited with 80 Allied "kills," the Allies buried him with full military honors.)
"Extended quotations" from various historical figures during the 20th century, laid out on two-column full sized eight and a half by eleven inch sized pages throughout the book, and richly illustrated, thoughtfully offer "voices" from the past. (For example, within the larger excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s August 28, 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., we find that he said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.")
This book does an excellent job of cross-referencing topics, both to the past and future events, enabling us to see history as an unfolding process, not a series of unexplained, random, and isolated events. If you enjoy history, you will enjoy thumbing through this book--time after time. A really enthusiastic thumbs up to the creators of this book.
I want my own copy for Christmas 2000, please Santa!
The 20th Century: An Illustrated History of Our Lives and Ti.......1999-11-29
This is a very good overview of what events occured over the last 100 years. It is concise and has a good selection of illustrations. Great coffee table book.
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The Cultural Meaning of The Scientific Revolution
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