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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in unused condition. In slipcase. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The Museum of Scotland has entered the scene at a colourful moment both politically at a time of historic change and architecturally at a time when all over the world the building of public monuments has gathered a new energy and significance. I believe that it has matched both the hour and the need with authority and abundant relish. The ancient Greeks held that the mother of the arts was Mnemosyne the goddess of memory and not as so frequently suggested the art of architecture. The categories are quite different from each other so that the confusion is quite arbitrary and yet today we have to recognise that due to a certain convergence of cultural interests and political priorities architecture has after all become ordained to be the very embodiment and celebration of not only the goddess herself but also to be the champion for cities across the world in competition to be crowned as the city of culture. What began forty years ago. (MP)