Mirrors and Mazes

Author: Howard Thomas Brady
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781546629115
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A book specially designed to be read by non-scientists and scientists alike. There is detailed science, as well as humour and some interesting stories. Each chapter can be read in its own right.

The Amazing Book of Mazes

Author: Adrian Fisher
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810943117
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Looks at the history, theory, and design of mazes, including hedge mazes, panel mazes, mirror mazes, turf mazes, and panel mazes.

The Curious History of Mazes

Author: Julie E. Bounford
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 0760363021
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Thread your way through this history of mazes from the ancient world to today and solve over one hundred mazes along the way. From prehistoric times, mazes and labyrinths worldwide have served as different symbolic, ritualistic, and practical purposes. Taken as a powerful metaphor for life’s journey, they can be used as tools for meditation and learning at any level, even when completed for recreation. Maze images can be enjoyed as motifs themselves, but also in their material forms—a meditation, puzzle, dance, walk, ritual, pilgrimage, or simply a day out. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and classical literature; accounts written by explorers, archaeologists, and historians; and the output of modern and contemporary world-renowned experts and enthusiasts, social historian Dr. Julie Bounford explores the evolution of mazes through time and across continents, presenting their history in a fun and engaging format while challenging readers to solve over one hundred mazes—many created exclusively for this book by illustrator and artist Trevor Bounford. Learn about: The earliest recorded examples, legends, and mazes in the ancient world Mazes used as sacred rituals and symbols that take us beyond the natural world Turf, stone, hedge, and garden mazes, and sites of communal rustic revels The modern revival, with mazes taken to forms never previously imagined Explore how mazes can improve your mental dexterity and create mindfulness, and use the gazetteer to locate historical, replica, and interesting mazes that exist around the world today.

Mazes in Videogames

Author: Alison Gazzard
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786467940
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
From the text adventures of Zork, to the arcade game of Pac-Man, to the corridors of Doom, and on to the city streets of Grand Theft Auto IV, the maze has often been used as a space to trap and confuse players in their navigation of gameworlds. However, the maze as a construction on the landscape has a long history before the invention of the videogame. By examining the change in the maze from the landscapes of open spaces and closed gardens through to the screen of the videogame, both mazes and labyrinths are discussed in terms of historical reference, alongside the author's personal experiences of walking and playing these structures. This book shows how our cultural experiences of real world maze landscapes may have changed, and how we negotiate videogame worlds along the various paths and meanings they so often create for us.

The Mystery to a Solution

Author: John T. Irwin
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801854668
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
Irwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story--the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together.

Mazes and Follies

Author: Adrian Fisher
Publisher: Jarrold Publishing
ISBN: 9781841651422
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description
Mazes and Follies

Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: William Henry Matthews
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.

The Spirituality of Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: Gailand MacQueen
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1896836690
Category : Labyrinths
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
In this full-colour, beautifully illustrated book, Gailand MacQueen uses myth, history, and personal experience to explore the spiritual meanings of mazes and labyrinths. Convinced that labyrinths and mazes have much to teach us, Gailand MacQueen invites readers on a sometimes mystical, sometimes mysterious, journey of spiritual discovery.

Labyrinths & Mazes

Author: Francesca Tatarella
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781616895129
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The labyrinth is one of the world's oldest symbols, and its meaning is often shrouded in myth and mystery or ties to religious rites. Today, this enigmatic form inspires artists to create their own interpretations in different, even unusual, ways, including by working with materials as varied as ice, snow, salt, wood, stone, glass, cement, and metal. This new collection features both classical examples and the best contemporary projects, showcasing work by artists, landscape artists, and architects from around the world. The diverse and stunning examples include pavement labyrinths of thirteenth-century French cathedrals, a historic English turf maze, Renaissance hedge mazes, and numerous present-day projects by artists and architects, including BIG, Chris Drury, Richard Fleischner, Dan Graham, Robert Irwin, Arata Isozaki, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, and Billie Tsien and Tod Williams.

The Unending Mystery

Author: David W. McCullough
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307429512
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
According to legend, anyone who wandered into the labyrinth in Ancient Crete never came out again. Some labyrinths may have offered patterns for an erotic spring dance. Those on the floors of Medieval cathedrals represent mathematical perfection–and walking their paths was a symbolic approach to the divine. From ancient Mediterranean coin patterns to the great French cathedral labyrinths to contemporary cornfield mazes, labyrinths and mazes have appeared all over the world, but never have so many been created as in today’s revival, on farms, and in parks, churches, hospitals, and spas across the country. In his charmingly quirky investigation of an image that has inspired countless beautiful patterns and mysterious practices, David Willis McCullough offers an irresistible way to enjoy their enduring appeal.