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Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

By: Veronica della Dora

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Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

By: Veronica della Dora

Nature is as much an idea as a physical reality. By 'placing' nature within Byzantine culture and within the discourse of Orthodox Christian thought and practice, Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium explores attitudes towards creation that are utterly and fascinatingly different from the modern. Drawing on Patristic writing and on Byzantine literature and art, the book develops a fresh conceptual framework for approaching Byzantine perceptions of space and the environment. It takes readers on an imaginary flight over the Earth and its varied topographies of gardens and wilderness, mountains and caves, rivers and seas, and invites them to shift from the linear time of history to the cyclical time and spaces of the sacred - the time and spaces of eternal returns and revelations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316495590

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The Mantle of the Earth

Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor

By: Veronica della Dora

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The Mantle of the Earth

Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor

By: Veronica della Dora

The term mantle has inspired philosophers, geographers, and theologians and shaped artists’ and mapmakers’ visual vocabularies for thousands of years. According to Veronica della Dora, mantle is the “metaphor par excellence, for it unfolds between the seen and the unseen as a threshold and as a point of tension.” Featuring numerous illustrations, The Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor is an intellectual history of the term mantle and its metaphorical representation in art and literature, geography and cartography. Through the history of this metaphor from antiquity to the modern day, we learn about shifting perceptions and representations of global space, about our planetary condition, and about the nature of geography itself.

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University of Chicago Press

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022674132X

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9780226741321

Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage

Journeying to the Sacred

By: Avril Maddrell,Veronica della Dora,Alessandro Scafi,Heather Walton

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Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage

Journeying to the Sacred

By: Avril Maddrell,Veronica della Dora,Alessandro Scafi,Heather Walton

This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on pilgrimages to Meteora (Greece), Subiaco (Italy) and the Isle of Man. These are each sites of scenic beauty that boast a rich heritage associated respectively to Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Ecumenical/ Protestant denominations. The study discusses different Christian theologies, practices and perspectives on the nature and the purpose of pilgrimage in these traditions. It draws on participant experiential accounts, archival research, and interviews with clergy, laity and local stakeholders. Special attention is paid to the themes of sacred space and practice, aesthetics, mobilities, embodiment and performance, emotional geographies, theology, cultural heritage, consumption and commodification, and the pilgrim-tourist continuum.

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Routledge

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1135013128

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High Places

Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science

By: Denis Cosgrove,Veronica Della Dora

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High Places

Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science

By: Denis Cosgrove,Veronica Della Dora

High mountains, polar expanses, volcanic peaks are exciting and special environments. 13 leading international geographers explore different aspects of these environments - disorientation, exploration, native knowledge, polar research. This is the first book to do this.High places - be they mountain peaks or the vast expanses of the polar latitudes - have always captured the human imagination. Inaccessible, extreme, they are commonly invested with awe and reverence, as places of physical challenge, intense experience. Increasingly, they are also treated as unique locations for science."High Places" explores the fascinating geographies of these special environments, revealing how senses are challenged, objectivities exposed, cultural assumptions laid bare. Whether walking the summit of Pico de Orizaba, the fourth highest volcano in the northern hemisphere; recounting the tale of the American explorer Charles Wilkes, charged with 'immoral mapping' in Antarctica; or exploring the 200,000 year old Greenland ice core; the international contributors reveal the richness and significance of these unique locations. Embracing Europe, Asia, North and Central America, Antarctica and the Arctic, "High Places" will interest geographers, historians of science, and those interested in polar/mountain studies, landscape, culture and environment.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857713221

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9780857713223

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

By: Veronica della Dora

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Where Light in Darkness Lies

The Story of the Lighthouse

By: Veronica della Dora

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Where Light in Darkness Lies

The Story of the Lighthouse

By: Veronica della Dora

An illuminating history of both real-life lighthouses and the beacons of literature and art alike, shedding light on the multifaceted power of these liminal structures. Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battle lines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial chaos of the waters; between stability and instability; between the known and the unknown. As such, they have a strange, universal appeal that few other manmade structures possess. Engineered to draw the gaze of sailors, lighthouses have likewise long attracted the attention of soldiers and saints, artists and poets, novelists and filmmakers, colonizers and migrants, and, today more than ever, heritage tourists and developers. Their evocative locations, isolation, and resilience, have turned these structures into complex metaphors, magnets for stories. This book explores the rich story of the lighthouse in the human imagination.

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Reaktion Books

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1789145481

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Mountain

Nature and Culture

By: Veronica della Dora

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Mountain

Nature and Culture

By: Veronica della Dora

Majestic and awe-inspiring, there is nothing like the sight of a mountain on the horizon. Throughout all of human history mountains have been linked to the eternal, attracting us to their dizzying heights, stunning us with their natural beauty, and often threatening us with their dangers. Through a compelling journey to both real and imaginary peaks, this book explores how the mountain has figured in our history, culture, and imaginations. Veronica della Dora explores the ways mountains have functioned spiritually as a boundary between life and death, a bridge between the earth and the heavens. Interlacing science, culture, and religion, she sketches the mountain as a geological phenomenon that has profoundly influenced and been influenced by the human imagination, shaping our environmental consciousness and helping us understand our—quite small indeed—place in the world. She also explores their significance as objects of human feats, as prizes of adventure and sport, and as places of serene beauty for vacationers. Magnificently illustrated and showcasing famous peaks from all around the world, Mountain offers a fascinating dual portrait of these giants in nature and culture.

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1780236956

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The Mantle of the Earth

Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor

By: Veronica della Dora

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Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity

The Urban Redesign of Ljubljana’s Beloved Trnovo Neighborhood, 1951–1989

By: Veronica E. Aplenc

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Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity

The Urban Redesign of Ljubljana’s Beloved Trnovo Neighborhood, 1951–1989

By: Veronica E. Aplenc

After the Second World War, Yugoslavia’s small regional cities represented a challenge for the new socialist state. These cities’ older buildings, local historic sites, and low-quality housing clashed with socialism’s promises and ideals. How would the state transform these cities’ everyday neighborhoods? In the Slovene republic’s capital city of Ljubljana, the Trnovo neighborhood embodied this challenge through its modest housing, small medieval section, vast gardens, acclaimed interwar architecture, and iconic local reputation. Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity explores how urban planners, architects, historic preservationists, neighborhood residents, and even folklorists transformed this beloved neighborhood into a Slovene socialist city district. Aplenc demonstrates that this urban redesign centered on republic-level interpretations of a Yugoslav socialist built environment, versus a re-envisioned Slovene national past or design style. This interdisciplinary study sheds light on how Yugoslav state socialism operated at the republic level, within a decentralized system, and on the diverse forces behind success or failure. With its focus on vernacular architecture, small-scale historic sites, single-family homes, and illegal housing, this book expands our understanding of the everyday built environment in socialist cities.

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Purdue University Press

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1612498140

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Mountain

Nature and Culture

By: Veronica della Dora

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Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

The Mantle of the Earth

The Mantle of the Earth

Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage

Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage

High Places

High Places

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Where Light in Darkness Lies

Where Light in Darkness Lies

Mountain

Mountain

The Mantle of the Earth

The Mantle of the Earth

Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity

Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity

Mountain

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