Kolb, Michael J., 1960-
Making sense of monuments : narratives of time, movement, and scale / Michael J. Kolb. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in archaeology .
Making sense of monuments -- Time -- Movement -- Scale
"Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, Confederate statues, Egyptian pyramids, and medieval cathedrals: these are some of the places that are the subject of Making Sense of Monuments, an analysis of how the built environment molds human experiences and perceptions via bodily comparison. Drawing from recent research in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and semiotics, Michael J. Kolb explores the mechanics of the mind, the material world, and the spatialization process of monumental architecture. Three distinct spatial-cognitive metaphors-time, movement, and scale-comprise strands of knowledge that when interwoven create embodied contours of meaning of how human interact with monumental spaces. Comprehensive, lucidly written, and thoroughly illustrated, Making Sense of Monuments is a vibrant, extraordinary journey of the monuments we have constructed and inhabited"--
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Architecture--Human factors.
Monuments--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
NA2542.4
725/.94
Making sense of monuments : narratives of time, movement, and scale / Michael J. Kolb. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in archaeology .
Making sense of monuments -- Time -- Movement -- Scale
"Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, Confederate statues, Egyptian pyramids, and medieval cathedrals: these are some of the places that are the subject of Making Sense of Monuments, an analysis of how the built environment molds human experiences and perceptions via bodily comparison. Drawing from recent research in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and semiotics, Michael J. Kolb explores the mechanics of the mind, the material world, and the spatialization process of monumental architecture. Three distinct spatial-cognitive metaphors-time, movement, and scale-comprise strands of knowledge that when interwoven create embodied contours of meaning of how human interact with monumental spaces. Comprehensive, lucidly written, and thoroughly illustrated, Making Sense of Monuments is a vibrant, extraordinary journey of the monuments we have constructed and inhabited"--
9780429427756 0429427751 9780429764936 0429764936 9780429764912 042976491X 9780429764929 0429764928
Architecture--Human factors.
Monuments--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
NA2542.4
725/.94