{"product_id":"a-history-of-thresholds-life-death-rebirth-hardcover","title":"A History of Thresholds: Life, Death \u0026 Rebirth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Ferrier\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003ePauline Marchetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Simay\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThresholds are anthropological constants: they can be found in every \u003cbr\u003eculture and every era. Like limits and borders, they express one of \u003cbr\u003ehumanity's fundamental relations to space. Places where spaces are \u003cbr\u003eseparated and connected, thresholds are also metaphorically potent \u003cbr\u003eacross cultures, as passageways where subjectivity is transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Thresholds: Life, Death and Rebirth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e uses the threshold as a guiding thread to explore the meaning and \u003cbr\u003eimportance that humans have invested in built spaces. The book is a \u003cbr\u003evisual narrative about the life, death and--eventually-- rebirth of these \u003cbr\u003ethresholds: from the Ancient Greeks to the emergence of the private \u003cbr\u003edomain and the transparency of contemporary architecture, which seems to\u003cbr\u003e diminish the liminal space of the threshold. \u003ci\u003eA History of Thresholds\u003c\/i\u003e argues for the need to reinvent the threshold in order to establish a new contract between architecture and humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763429081376,"sku":"9783868595208","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e673a095245fb3482c81103359788559.webp?v=1780235384","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-history-of-thresholds-life-death-rebirth-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}