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How to Read Islamic Calligraphy by Maryam D. Ekhtiar
Category: Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
An accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic worldHow to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic ...Show more
How to Read Lacan by Slavoj Zizek
Category: Reference | Series: How to Read Ser.
"The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire." - Jacques Lacan. Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts ...Show more
How to Read Paris: A Crash Course in Parisian Architecture by Chris Rogers
Category: Travel | Series: How to Read Ser.
How to Read Paris is a pocket-sized guide to understanding and appreciating the architecture of Paris. Packed with detailed drawings, plans and photographs, and covering squares, bridges, streets and monuments as well as buildings, it is both a fascinating architectural history and an effective I-spy gu ...Show more
How to Read Skyscrapers - A Crash Course in High-Rise Architecture by Edward Denison; Tom Kitch (Editor)
Category: Design | Series: How to Read Ser.
Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance--politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and inspi ...Show more
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