{"product_id":"the-eternal-present-volume-ii-sigfried-giedion-9780691251882","title":"The Eternal Present, Volume II: The Beginnings of Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e acclaimed architectural historian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Beginnings of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sigfried Giedion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691251886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691251882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Sigfried Giedion","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448886079743,"sku":"9780691251882","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64e1538b-80b1-43b6-ad81-8f66494dcd7a.jpg?v=1777261007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-eternal-present-volume-ii-sigfried-giedion-9780691251882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}