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The Story of Time [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Kristen Lippincott (Autor), Umberto Eco (Künstler), E. H. Gombrich (Künstler)
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  • Gebundene Ausgabe: 304 Seiten
  • Verlag: Merrell Holberton (1. September 1998)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 1858940729
  • ISBN-13: 978-1858940724
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 28,6 x 25 x 2,6 cm
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  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 375.042 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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The press has been sniffy about the way the National Maritime Museum has "dumbed down" its galleries during the recent refurbishment--but there's no sign of such a strategy in this handsome companion to its international exhibition on Time. A perfect antidote to millennial tosh, The Story of Time captures the diverse ways in which cultures experience, measure, and resist the passage of time. Visually rich, its images reproduced to a very high quality, nonetheless, if this book were just a catalogue, the reader's pleasure would soon pall. Consider, for example, the picture of a Babylonian baked clay tablet on which are recorded New Moons for the years 103 to 100 BC. What better icon of futility could there be than this table of numbers, endlessly iterated? There is little else as drab as this: the exhibits--comprising everything from paintings to astronomical instruments to textiles to maps and documents, from places and times far too numerous to list here--are a credit to the skills and imaginations of the curators. But all these things, by definition, deal with something that can only be experienced, never shown. On this point the book, interspersed throughout with short, eclectic articles on all kinds of subjects related to time, perception, decay--the list goes on--wields a major advantage over its parent exhibition. Particularly refreshing is Joy Hendry's short account of the eclectic approach to time taken in Japan. In common with other peoples in the region, the Japanese lack a notion of time as a continuing entity. "Marked with events and periods but otherwise relatively homogenous", Japanese time is an agglomeration of local and overseas calendars and zodiacs--and not a clay tablet in sight. --Simon Ings

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Prepared in conjunction with an international exhibition sponsored by the Royal Observatory at Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum, this handsome and informative volume is filled with dozens of enticing perspectives on the subject of time--certainly an appropriate topic at a time of millennial madness. Essays by Eco, John MacDonald, Anthony Aveni, Ken Arnold, E.H. Gombrich, and others are organized into categories that focus on the creation, measurement, depiction, experience, and end of time. Within each section, there is much to learn about the impact of time on almost every aspect of existence--from calendars and timepieces, to major civilizations and their rituals, to art, music, science, and prophecy. In addition to many perspectives on our relationship to time, there is also a rich education in history, philosophy, and world culture here. The captions that accompany the many superb color photos and art reproductions are particularly informative. Essential for academic and humanities collections.
-Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, NJ
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A Fantastic Beautiful Volume 7. Dezember 1999
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A varied and comprehensive tome on time and what it does to us. The illustrations are organized in such a way that one feels as if one is swimming in a treasure chest of global artifacts. I ADORE IT!
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An illustrated Encyclopedia of Time 29. Mai 2001
Von Walter O. Koenig - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
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This beautifully designed and printed book was actually the catalogue of the exhibition "The Story of Time" which was hosted by the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Already from the introductions of the directors of these institutions, as well as a Preface Essay entitled "Times" by Umberto Eco, the reader will be aware of the high standard of this publication. It is an attempt to depict the human experience with time in all its forms.

The catalogue is divided into five main sections: 1.) "The Creation of Time": A brief survey of early concepts of time in different cultures, for example, Biblical, Hindu, Native American, and Maori. 2.) "The Measurement of Time": The different modes of measuring time beginning with early calendars in different cultures, progressing to early european mechanical clocks, and culminating with chronometers and radio controlled clocks. 3.) "The Depiction of Time": In Painting, Sculpture, Calligraphy and Allegory. From Breughel to Chinese Sculpture this chapter shows the obsession of depicting time in art and in symbolizing it. 4.) "The Experience of Time": Here other ways of experiencing time are discussed, in music, historical time, human time and time in culture. 5.) "The End of Time": A brief chapter in which different conceptions are shown how it would be possible for time to end (and when) and different historical and contemporary depictions are shown.

Sections 2.) and 3.) are by far the largest, which is obvious from their subject matter, and the fact that this is an exhibition catalogue. Interspersed in all five sections are interesting essays on different aspects of time and its influence and pre-occupation on human beings, by well known scholars such as E.H. Gombrich. These range from "Inuit Time" to "Time in the History of Medecine". Most fascinating are the hundreds of excellent illustrations, mostly of time keeping devices and time in art representing many cultures and time periods. The book is handsomely bound, well printed and presented and the illustrations are clear. This book is encyclopedic in its scope and is fascinating to read. It is reasonably priced and highly recommended.

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A Fantastic Beautiful Volume 7. Dezember 1999
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A varied and comprehensive tome on time and what it does to us. The illustrations are organized in such a way that one feels as if one is swimming in a treasure chest of global artifacts. I ADORE IT!
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Fascinating content and art, a big overwhelming! 5. Oktober 2005
Von Suzanne Amara - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I wish I had more time to read and read this book! It is huge, and contains a giant mish-mash of material---many, many pieces of artwork with a connection to time, many essays about the role of time in various cultures, lots of photos of timepieces through the ages---even all sorts of words from many languages for days of the weeks and months, running along the page bottoms! I read the book not being aware it was really a catalog for an exhibition, and knowing that now, it makes more sense, as I did start to wonder when reading it why there was such a huge emphasis on physical objects representing or measuring time. Time itself is such an abstract concept that it seemed odd to represent it so visually, but it's very interesting, and some of the artwork was amazing. I most loved looking at a series of pictures of one couple in front of their Christmas tree taken over 45 years---seeing how they aged was really compelling. I do think I would have liked a little more of an organized feel to this book. It seemed like I was walking randomly around a museum---not a bad feeling, but a little overwhelming! I'd also have liked a little more about the scientific side of time rather than just the cultural, as the title implies this is a comprehensize work. However, certainly a fascinating work and one I would love to just look over for days and days!
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