A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture; this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek; Roman; and Renaissance periods. In addition to its fully representative selection of works by Italian and French Renaissance architects; the collection features a fine series of measured drawings derived from still-extant monuments of Greek and Roman antiquity. Since the "Orders" created by the Renaissance builders were based upon the earlier structures; this book provides a means of critical comparison as well as an excellent perspective on the growth and significance of the architectural orders. Eighty black-and-white plates by Augustus Pugin and other distinguished artists depict details of works by such architects as Vitruvius; Palladio; Vignola; Serlio; and Lescot. Featured Greek buildings include the Parthenon; the temples of Apollo and Jupiter; the Portico of Augustus; the Aqueduct of Hadrian; and others. More than twenty Roman structures include the Pantheon; the Colosseum and buildings in the adjacent forum; and the temples of Paestum.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good History; Interesting ReadBy 60s hippie girlEnjoyed reading about Jews from Maine. Would like to have heard about more families. Great Pix!2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Maines Jewish CommunitiesBy Robin FriedmanI have made two brief business trips to Portland and Bangor; Maine in the past year; enough to make me fall in love with the State. Thus; I was pleased to learn something about an aspect of Maine life that I knew little about but found intruiging: the history of Jewish communities in the State. I was able to visit the many small Jewish communites of Maine in this excellent photographic history; "Maines Jewish Heritage" (2007) as part of the "Images of America" series of Arcadia Publishing. Images of America publishes photographic books of local histories of communities throughout the United States. The series offers readers the opportunity to explore communities that they know well; such as their hometown; as well as the opportunity to learn about unfamiliar places. For me; this book had components of both the familiar and the unfamiliar.The authors of "Maines Jewish Heritage"; Abraham and Jean Peck; both are part of families with long histories in Maine. Abraham Peck has written widely on Jewish communities throughout the United States and on the Holocaust.Most Jews in the United States live in large urban areas. I have spent my life in two cities with large Jewish communities. I grew up in Milwaukee; Wisconsin and have spent most of my adult life in Washington D.C. I have read two books in the Images of America series that explore the Milwaukee and Washington D.C. Jewish Communities similarly to the way that the Pecks explore the Jewish community of Maine in this book. I am not and have rarely been a practising Jew; but all three books struck deep chords in me. Although I dont have personal experience with the Jewish communities of Maine; the photographs and commentary in this book of Jewish life in mostly small cities and town seemed immediately familiar. The photographs of synagogues; people and families; small shops; community organizations; and local leaders reminded me of communities I knew. I felt at home. There were some differences. The various Jewish communites in Maine are small and scattered through the State; mostly in the southern part; unlike the concentrated community of an urban area. From the Pecks book; there appears to be substantial interaction among the various communites in Maine; some of which are located at considerable distances from each other. Life in small New England towns has differences from the life I know. But mostly; these were communities whose roots I shared.In his share of the introduction to the book; Abraham Peck writes of several themes that have characterized Jewish life in the United States: "a belief in the promise of America; faith in the pluralistic nature of America; a quest for economic and professional success; and a commitment to the survival of the Jewish community." As far as the Jews of Maine are concerned; the community began in the 1840s but developed only with the large waves of immigration from Eastern Europe in the 1880s. The Maine Jewish communities were almost exclusively Orthodox and remained so until the 1940s. Portland Maine; Peck tells us; was once known as "The Jerusalem of America." Maine Jewry now includes a spectrum of all aspects of Judaism from Orthodox to nonpracticing. Peck also observes that while Jews have faced discrimination and exclusion in Maine; they have generally been welcomed into what has basically been a tolerant; open society. Peck quotes a leader of the Portland Jewish community in the late 19th Century who observed; with respect to his Christian neighboors that "our city fathers have in the past fully merited the good will and affectionate esteem in which they are held by us."The photographs and commentary that follow the Pecks introduction illustrate the themes of Jewish life and integration of Jewish life within the American and Maine community. The first chapter of the book focuses on religious Jewish life in Maine with photographs of synagogues and religious practitioners from the 1880s to the present day in a variety of Maine cities; including Portland; Bangor; Biddeford; Bath; Presque Isle; Rockland; Calais; Old Orchard Beach; and others. The synagogues range from small wooden shacks to modern buildings and they cover all the various denominations of Jewish practice. It is a moving photographic tribute to religious worship.The book continues with chapters showing the ways Jewish people earned a living in Maine which seems similar to the Jewish immigrant experience elsewhere in the United States: pedlars; small shopkeepers; clothiers; car dealerships; and wholesalers receive substantial attention; with recognition as well of the occasional Maine Jewish farmer.The Jewish communities in Maine devoted important effort to improving relationships with their non-Jewish neighbors; to inter-faith activities; and to breaking down barriers of discrimination. In 1930; with the increase of KKK activities in Maine during the prior decade (which targeted mostly Roman Catholics) members of the Portland Jewish community were instrumental in creating the Portland Interracial Fellowship of America; which taught ecumenicism and tolerance among the many religious denominations in the city. Jewish religious leaders in Portland worked together with other religious leaders in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and in many programs designed to increase understanding and respect among people of different beliefs.Other chapters of the Pecks book focus on the many Jewish Community Centers and other Jewish organizations that helped bring a communal focus to Jewish life in Maine. A small chapter describes Camp Modin and other Jewish summer camps in Maine; while a larger chapter offers photographs in both Maine and European settings of some of the large Jewish families that have long called Maine home. The final chapter of the book offers photographs of many distinguished leaders of the Maine Jewish community who have made important contributions of a local or broader character. For example; Dr Bernard Lown is a cardiologist who grew up in Lewistown; Maine. He was the correcipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work for the Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. (p.121) Henry Roth; the author of the famous novel of Jewish life in New York City; "Call it Sleep" (1934) lived quietly in Maine beginning in 1946 until his death.(p.123) The book concludes with a photograph of a young Jewish boy in Auburn; Maine participating in the religious ceremony of Sukkot. (p. 126) The Pecks appropriately describe this lad as "a symbol of Maines Jewish future."The Pecks sees the Jewish community in Maine as undertaking the difficult task of combining Jewish values; as individuals in the community understand these values; with the values of the vibrant; pluralistic democracy of the United States. Abraham Peck writes in concluding his introduction to this book: "For Jews in this nation; including Jews in the Jewish community of Maine both visions translate into an understanding that being a better Jew is important in becoming a better American." The Pecks offer an inspiring look at the American Jewish experience in the State of Maine.Robin Friedman
