Book Description
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Author : William Henry Matthews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Design
ISBN :
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Author : Walter Shepherd
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486229513
The path least traveled makes all the difference in this volume, especially when you find yourself crossing bridges, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, spelling out passwords, and untangling snakes. These 50 challenges include classic, solid, and ripple mazes, along with short-path and avoidance labyrinths and other intriguing problems. Solutions.
Author : Walter Shepherd
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : 9780486207315
50 amusements using principle of maze, most based on story situations. Classical mazes, 3-D, Moebius-strip mazes, more. Quite unusual. 84 illustrations.
Author : Adrian Fisher
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780810943117
Looks at the history, theory, and design of mazes, including hedge mazes, panel mazes, mirror mazes, turf mazes, and panel mazes.
Author : Francesca Tatarella
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781616895129
The labyrinth is one of the world's oldest symbols, and its meaning is often shrouded in myth and mystery or ties to religious rites. Today, this enigmatic form inspires artists to create their own interpretations in different, even unusual, ways, including by working with materials as varied as ice, snow, salt, wood, stone, glass, cement, and metal. This new collection features both classical examples and the best contemporary projects, showcasing work by artists, landscape artists, and architects from around the world. The diverse and stunning examples include pavement labyrinths of thirteenth-century French cathedrals, a historic English turf maze, Renaissance hedge mazes, and numerous present-day projects by artists and architects, including BIG, Chris Drury, Richard Fleischner, Dan Graham, Robert Irwin, Arata Isozaki, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, and Billie Tsien and Tod Williams.
Author : Henry Eliot
Publisher : Crown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1984824457
Beautifully designed and gorgeously illustrated, this immersive, puzzle-like exploration of the history and psychology of mazes and labyrinths evokes the spirit of Choose Your Own Adventure, the textual inventiveness of Tom Stoppard, and the philosophical spirit of Jorge Luis Borges. Labyrinths are as old as humanity, the proving grounds of heroes, the paths of pilgrims, symbols of spiritual rebirth and pleasure gardens for pure entertainment. Henry Eliot leads us on a twisting journey through the world of mazes, real and imagined, unraveling our ancient, abiding relationship with them and exploring why they continue to fascinate us, from Kafka to Kubrick to the myth of the Minotaur and a quest to solve the disappearance of the legendary Maze King. Are you ready to step inside?
Author : Jeff Saward
Publisher : Lark Books (NC)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Labyrinths
ISBN : 9781579905392
Investigate the extraordinary story of labyrinths and mazes, found around the world in an amazing variety of forms, many of which are still flourishing today. Trace how the labyrinth started with a simple design -- a series of concentric lines, carefully connected -- unchanged for thousands of years and appearing in surprising locations. Find out how it then takes many shapes and is constructed in a range of materials in different cultures and periods of time, and in places as diverse as Brazil, Mexico, and the American Southwest, across Europe, in Iceland, and in Africa, India, and Indonesia. The labyrinth's development into the familiar puzzle mazes that are found in parks and gardens is only one of the twists you'll uncover in this fascinating tale. Book jacket.
Author : Gailand MacQueen
Publisher : Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Labyrinths
ISBN : 1896836690
In this full-colour, beautifully illustrated book, Gailand MacQueen uses myth, history, and personal experience to explore the spiritual meanings of mazes and labyrinths. Convinced that labyrinths and mazes have much to teach us, Gailand MacQueen invites readers on a sometimes mystical, sometimes mysterious, journey of spiritual discovery.
Author : Galen Wadzinski
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486445356
Thirty entertaining, challenging mazes: 3-D constructions, directional arrows, designated stops, and more. From easy "No Brainers" to "Full Brain Overload," which might take hours to solve. Includes "hints section."
Author : Junko Murayama
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Board books
ISBN : 9781683490234
Put down the pencil and let your finger do the solving. The ten tactile mazes inside these puzzling pages challenge your sense of touch. Trace your fingertip along the raised dots that make up each labyrinth, and then give yourself a hand when you reach the circle that marks the finish line. A finger maze book that guarantees hours of fun As far as creative birthday gifts go, this book is downright a-maze-ing! 8.25 x 9.875 inches; 12 pages of embossed mazes including cover Created by Junko Murayama