Cornerstone The Birth of the City in Mesopotamia |
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| Author:
| Azara, Pedro |
| Translator:
| Swartz, Jeffrey |
| ISBN: | 978-84-939231-7-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Mitte Barcelona
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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Cornerstone is a new collection of essays offering a dazzling, contemporary spin on the origins of civilization.
Pedro Azara’s unique architectural and archaeological insights, enhanced by his knowledge of cuneiform script, decode the dreams, myths and ideas that gave birth to the city some 7000 years ago.
Through painstaking fieldwork and the reexamination of ancient Mesopotamian texts, Azara casts fresh light on these first ‘architects’...
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Cornerstone is a new collection of essays offering a dazzling, contemporary spin on the origins of civilization.
Pedro Azara’s unique architectural and archaeological insights, enhanced by his knowledge of cuneiform script, decode the dreams, myths and ideas that gave birth to the city some 7000 years ago.
Through painstaking fieldwork and the reexamination of ancient Mesopotamian texts, Azara casts fresh light on these first ‘architects’ and in the process, uncovers the mysterious origins of urban culture and the aesthetic principles underpinning it.
With nimble wit and a voracious intellect, Azara follows these echoes from the past through to our present day cityscapes, proof that, perhaps, our old neighbours have never really moved out.