Author : Michael Paul Smith
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 9783791345482
Elgin Park is a miniature town created by the author and inspired by the author's hometown, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, in the 1940'sand 1950's. - p. 6.
Author : Michael Paul Smith
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781947895140
With the passing of acclaimed artist Michael Paul Smith comes a final printing - each book numbered in tribute. Smith's Elgin Park is a lot of things: a mid-century utopia, a fantastical world, and an optical illusion. This imaginative town was composed entirely of miniatures, delighting audiences worldwide when his photo series went viral, attracting more than 90 million views on Flickr.
Author : William E. Bennett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 2001-09-13
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439613230
Elgin, Illinois, was founded in 1835. However, the community truly came into its own at the end of the Civil War, when the Elgin National Watch Company moved there and took the city name as its own. The name Elgin became synonymous with quality for over 100 years. Elgin, Illinois: "Wish You Were Here" tells the story of the town of Elgin during the 20th century, featuring vintage postcards of that period. Special events of historic interest include the tornado of 1920, and the Elgin Road Races, which gained national fame for a brief time around the World War I era. More than 200 pictures, culled from the collection of the Elgin Area Historical Society, and colorful narratives tell of the accomplishments by those first few generations who lived and died in the community.
Author : San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of Public Works
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 23,26 MB
Release : 1900
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Author : San Francisco (Calif.)
Publisher :
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 1880
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Page : 624 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2008
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Author : San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Publisher :
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Municipal government
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Author : Newton Bateman
Publisher :
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Illinois
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Author : John S. Wilcox
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Illinois
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Verso
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781859842201
The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Turkish government in Athens, had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to Britain, where they remain, igniting a storm of controversy which has continued to the present day. In the first full-length work on this fiercely debated issue, Christopher Hitchens recounts the history of these precious sculptures and forcefully makes the case for their return to Greece. Drawing out the artistic, moral, legal and political perspectives of the argument, Hitchens's eloquent prose makes The Elgin Marbles an invaluable contribution to one of the most important cultural controversies of our times.
