Obelisk: A History
Obelisk: A History
$35.00
Curran, Brian A.
Pap. Cambridge, 2009
Book ID: 80563
The history of obelisks is a story of technical achievement, imperial conquest, Christian piety and triumphalism, egotism, scholarly brilliance, political hubris, bigoted nationalism, democratic self-assurance, Modernist austerity, and Hollywoood kitsch - in short, the story of Western civilization.
384pp., 131 illus.
