We all know what the political landscape is; and politicians and journalists never tire of referring to it. But in this ingenious and original book; Martin Warnke takes that well-worn metaphor literally and uses it to reveal just how politicized the real landscape of continental Europe has been for centuries. The author finds his evidence of humanitys intervention in nature in the form of monuments and milestones; gardens; roads and border crossings; in landscape paintings and maps ndash; even; in fact; in the anthropomorphic interpretations once given to formations of hills and rocks. The Political Landscape is underpinned with a fascinating array of examples and illustrations; many of which will be new even to experts in the art of landscape and related disciplines.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. great teaching toolBy Peter HolubI was teaching my 18 year old grandson to play guitar. I started teaching him the major "C" and "F" scales on the 2nd and 1st string to give him the concept of whole and half tones. Then I gave him a few movable chords. He didnt read music and I didnt want him to learn in the 1st position and have no appreciation of the rest of the instrument. I searched for a music reading book which started in the 5th position. I found three that looked like they fit the bill and bought them. Music Reading was the perfect fit and I bought another for him. Although I sight read; I never really learned to read the rhythm. In other words; timing was lost to me. I could only play songs I knew how long to hold the notes I was reading. Im now learning timing along with my grandson. This book teaches both aspects of music reading: notes and rhythm. Its perfect.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Very Good for the playing guitarist with no Standard Notation skillsBy A. SorentinoStarts off with the basic premise that one can play the guitar; but knows nothing about Standard notation. Good place to start!Works on rhythms and timing. Then the notes in the 5th position and works your way up to more notes and other positions. Simple stuff first; then more complex. Also does chord charts with clear explanations.Already using it with two of my students with good success.Recommend it strongly!5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Making sense of it.By phil taylorAfter 50 years of playing guitar in rock; country and blues band in a semi-pro capacity; music notation was still confusing to me. This book just seems to make sense. It is not going to teach how to play the guitar; but how to read music for playing on the guitar and its THAT that makes this book such a great teaching tool.If it works for an old fogey like what can it do for you? I think its greatPhil Taylor