{"product_id":"landscape-and-memory-paperback","title":"Landscape and Memory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Schama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine Best Books of the Year. In \u003cb\u003eLandscape and Memory, \u003c\/b\u003eaward-winning author Simon Schama ranges over continents and centuries to reveal the psychic claims that human beings have made on nature. He tells of the Nazi cult of the primeval German forest; the play of Christian and pagan myth in Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers; and the duel between a monumental sculptor and a feminist gadfly on the slopes of Mount Rushmore. The result is a triumphant work of history, naturalism, mythology, and art, as encyclopedic as \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bough\u003c\/i\u003e and as irresistibly readable as Schama's own \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A work of great ambition and enormous intellectual scope...consistently provocative and revealing.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary...a summary cannot convey the riches of this book. It will absorb, instruct, and fascinate.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Landscape and Memory Schama ranges over continents and centuries to reveal the psychic claims that human beings have made on nature. He tells of the Nazi cult of the primeval German forest; the play of Christian and pagan myth in Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers; and the duel between a monumental sculptor and a feminist gadfly on the slopes of Mount Rushmore. The result is a triumphant work of history, naturalism, mythology, and art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A work of great ambition and enormous intellectual scope...consistently provocative and revealing.\"--New York Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary...a summary cannot convey the riches of this book. It will absorb, instruct, and fascinate.\"--New York Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and the prize-winning author of seventeen books, including\u003ci\u003e The Embarrassment of Riches\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLandscape and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRembrandt's Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, the History of Britain trilogy and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing editor of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eand his award-winning television work as writer and presenter for the BBC includes the fifteen-part \u003ci\u003eA History of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e and the eight-part, Emmy-winning \u003ci\u003ePower of Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.36 x 6.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173489131769,"sku":"9780679735120","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eGpjc3NQNVJyU3ZFaE5oUHR3Q3l0UT09.webp?v=1767632937","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/landscape-and-memory-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}