Posts Tagged ‘Anatolia’
money: insignia of the experience of purchase
April 11th, 2010 by lifeproof
I know that I am a bit late to write this post by more than a decade, but an article reminded me of all these things that I keep on saying. In that article the author refers to this book a few times, which I recently became aware of: The Art of Money: The History and Design [...]
Tags: abstract transaction, abstraction of the economic exchange, abstraction of the moment of exchange, abstraction of the ritual of physical exchange, Anatolia, Apologue, Bank of Sweden, banknote, China, conspicuous consumption, economic exchange, emergence of paper money, Europe, experience design, first usage of paper money, Jean Baudrillard, Lydians, metal coins, Netherlands, paper money, Parsons School of Design, Pierre Bourdieu, Song Dynasty, Spanish Siege at Leyden, Stockholms Banco, Tali Krakowsky, The Art of Money, The Art of Money: The History and Design of Paper Currency from Around the World, The History and Design of Paper Currency from Around the World, the moment of exchange, The New School, The New School Parsons School of Design, The Theory of Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen, wherewithal of exchange
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Displacement of Historical Artifacts: Altar of Zeus
September 27th, 2009 by lifeproof
Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany hosts a great deal of ancient history. But, does that history belong to Berlin? Not at all. As I have said that I had friends over New York to visit Turkey. A group of them has been to Pergamon [in today's Turkish: Bergama] and the region around there visiting both the [...]
Tags: American Museum of Natural History, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Babylon, Bergama, Berlin, Carl Humann, German Empire, Germany, Greek Mythology, Ishtar Gate, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Market Gate of Miletus, New York, New York City, Ottoman Empire, Pergamon, Pergamon Altar, Pergamonmuseum, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish Republic, wonders of the world, Zeus Altar
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