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.

Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: Walter Shepherd
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486229513
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
The path least traveled makes all the difference in this volume, especially when you find yourself crossing bridges, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, spelling out passwords, and untangling snakes. These 50 challenges include classic, solid, and ripple mazes, along with short-path and avoidance labyrinths and other intriguing problems. Solutions.

Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: Walter Shepherd
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486207315
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
50 amusements using principle of maze, most based on story situations. Classical mazes, 3-D, Moebius-strip mazes, more. Quite unusual. 84 illustrations.

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 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.

Mazes and Labyrinths of the World

Author: Janet Bord
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labyrinthes
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
From delivery to nursing, diaper duty to bath time, this book walks siblings and their parents through basics of bringing a new baby home. Also included is a note to parents with tips on how to prepare the older child for the new baby and what to expect.

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.

The Book of Labyrinths and Mazes

Author: Silke Vry
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 3791374745
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Two of the world’s ancient traditions come alive for young readers in this fascinating book that proves the most interesting distance between two points is never a straight line. This brilliant book on mazes and labyrinths in history and the modern world encourages young readers to really think about why these puzzles are so appealing. Filled with photographs, drawings, artwork, illustrations, and puzzles, it takes a thematic approach to these enigmatic works. Why are we sometimes afraid to get lost—and why does the idea excite us? How do mazes and labyrinths figure in history and mythology? What can nature tell us about humankind’s obsession with lines, spirals, and patterns? Along the way children will learn about the labyrinth designed by Daedalus for King Minos in the ancient city of Crete; the mystery of the Hemet Maze Stone in southern California; and the magnificent labyrinth at the Cathedral of Chartres. They are encouraged to trace their fingers along a labyrinth to experience its soothing effect, to solve maze-related number puzzles, and to create their own mazes and labyrinths. Packed with fun facts and engaging ideas, this book will help children understand why mazes and labyrinths are so popular, while inspiring them to identify and create these fascinating puzzles in their own world.

Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: Matthews W. H.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780259649885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

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.