History of Saint Mark's School
Author: Albert Emerson Benson
Publisher:
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13:
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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street
Author: Ada Calhoun
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015-11-02
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0393249794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vibrant narrative history of three hallowed Manhattan blocks—the epicenter of American cool. St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street’s apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial Dutch Director-General Peter Stuyvesant’s pear orchard to today’s hipster playground—organized around those pivotal moments when critics declared “St. Marks is dead.” In a narrative enriched by hundreds of interviews and dozens of rare images, St. Marks native Ada Calhoun profiles iconic characters from W. H. Auden to Abbie Hoffman, from Keith Haring to the Beastie Boys, among many others. She argues that St. Marks has variously been an elite address, an immigrants’ haven, a mafia warzone, a hippie paradise, and a backdrop to the film Kids—but it has always been a place that outsiders call home. This idiosyncratic work offers a bold new perspective on gentrification, urban nostalgia, and the evolution of a community.
A Century of Class
Author: Rose-Mary Rumbley
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDallas author Rose-Mary Rumbley trots by the chalkboard, down the musty halls, past the principal's office into the inter sanctum of Dallas schools. A Century of Class is a history of education in Dallas according to Rose-Mary Rumbley. It's funny, serious, nostalgic and easy on the reader. It will also elucidate you on education in Dallas.
Saint Mark's School
Author: Edward Tuck Hall
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
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Author: Christina Simon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2009-08-26
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781439245880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith too many applications and limited openings at private elementary schools in Los Angeles, this book answers questions about the admissions process and how to give your child that competitive edge.
St. Mark's
Author: Ettore Vio
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781878351586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo church in the West quite compares to St. Mark's in Venice, with its distinctive merging of aspects Eastern and Western, of church and state, of symbolic form and liturgical function. This book introduces readers to an extraordinary building through a combination of authoritative text and spectacular photographs. Each of three general sections ("History and Society," "Architecture and Sculpture," "Mosaics and the Treasury") contains general essays augmented by brief focused discussion of specific objects or themes. More than 250 images provide a rare at details ranging from the tessellated floor through the tombs, marbles, altarpieces, mosaics, sculptures, and treasury objects.
St. Mark's School, a centennial history. --.
Author: Edward Tuck Hall
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages:
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Horses of St. Mark's
Author: Charles Freeman
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2010-08-12
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1468303023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe noted historian explores the mysterious origins and surprising adventures of four iconic bronze statues as they appear and reappear through the ages. In July 1798, a triumphant procession made its way through the streets of Paris. Echoing the parades of Roman emperors many years before, Napoleon Bonaparte was proudly displaying the spoils of his recent military adventures. There were animals—caged lions and dromedaries—as well as tropical plants. Among the works of art on show, one stood out: four horses of gilded metal, taken by Napoleon from their home in Venice. The Horses of St Mark's have found themselves at the heart of European history time and time again: in Constantinople, at both its founding and sacking in the Fourth Crusade; in Venice, at both the height of its greatness and fall in 1797; in the Paris of Napoleon, and the revolutions of 1848; and back in Venice, the most romantic city in the world. Charles Freeman offers a fascinating account of both the statues themselves and the societies through which they have travelled and been displayed. As European society has developed from antiquity to the present day, these four horses have stood and watched impassively. This is the story of their—and our—times.
The Gospel According to Mark
Author:
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 0857860976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave
Preparing For Power
Author: Peter W Cookson Jr
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008-08-04
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0786724161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prep–school life and underlife.
