ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2005.
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Aman, Jordan 2005. Mek povez, bogato ilustrovano, engleski jezik, veliki format (28 cm), 160 strana.
Knjiga je odlično očuvana.



Set on the eastern rim of the Jordan rift, the deepest gorge on earth, this small country is heir to millions of years of geological change and thousands of years of human creativity. All the primordial shifts and traumas in the earth`s surface that occurred in the Middle East have bequeathed to this tiny area of our world an astonishing variety of rock formations, fertile and desert areas, sweet and saline springs, climate and habitat, plant and animal life.
Jordan is also heir to some of the greatest monuments of human civilisation. At almost every turn of the road the visitor can find prehistoric archaeological mounds (tells) and walled towns; colonnaded Greco-Roman and Byzantine temples, palaces and cities; lavishly decorated Umayyad residences scattered in the desert; impregnable Crusader and anti-Crusader castles; stone-built Ottoman-period villages; stations of the early 19th-century Hijaz railway; and the new monuments of today`s Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Jordan: Images from the Air enables us to share a privileged Olympian perspective of this glorious land. No worm`s-eye view can capture the panoramic grandeur that aerial photography can convey —the contours of the earth, the layout of a whole city with its intersecting streets and pre-eminent structures, or the architectural plan of ancient buildings.
This book — the author/photographer`s celebration of twenty years of aerial photography of Jordan — celebrates too the changing colours of the seasons, from the green of spring to the rich browns and ochres of summer, autumn and Winter. It is a tribute not only to a land of outstanding beauty and fascinating history, but to the warmth and generosity of the Jordanian people.



Sadržaj:
Preface
Acknowledgements
In and around Amman
The North
East into the Desert
Central Jordan
Petra and the Nabataean Kingdom
The South
Jordan timelines
Index