{"product_id":"109484","title":"Climbing the Stairs of Civilization: Ancient Times to the Renaissance ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jX2sBvUsp6HLyZInOYGqHvtkT6HTD.png?v=1765114606\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Climbing the Stairs, Civilization Ancient to Renaissance \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate76\/MidCate06\/7550545.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003eProfessor Lim Seok-jae (Department of Architecture, Ewha Womans University), an authoritative architectural historian, has written about the history of stairs, the ideas of the times, the perspectives of architects, and stories of our daily lives from a humanities and sociological perspective, using the perspective of the history of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e The author has observed stairs since he began studying architecture, during his graduate school years, and after becoming a professor while traveling domestically and internationally.\u003cbr\u003e This book describes the history of Western civilization through the history of stairs, with extremely ordinary yet very unique observations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stairs have been with us throughout human history.\u003cbr\u003e Stairs have been a place that clearly reveals the civilizational phenomena of each era, following the same path as the entire history of Western architecture.\u003cbr\u003e Stairs are a treasure trove where the socio-cultural meaning of each era is intensively stored through architecture.\u003cbr\u003e The author emphasizes that stairs were originally a concentrated cultural symbol representing a civilization. \u003cbr\u003eThe 'stairs' inherently embodies the building owner's commissioning intention, the architect's design intention, and the unique way users enjoy and appreciate them, but these are disappearing in the 20th century capitalist history of function and efficiency.\u003cbr\u003e This book, which delves into and interprets the social and humanistic meaning contained in stairs, will allow you to read the history of Western civilization while climbing the stairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Volume 1 covers the period from the birth of the staircase through antiquity to the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e In ancient times, stairs were built primarily for the purpose of reaching the sky, but in the Greek and Roman era, stairs were built for practical purposes on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e During the Middle Ages, war and Christianity drove the staircase, and during the Renaissance, the staircase was first defined as the work of an individual architect.\u003cbr\u003e Through this book, you will be able to read about the changes in the value and meaning of stairs over time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eYou can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e “This book is a history of civilization that summarizes the history of Western civilization through the subtle theme of stairs.\u003cbr\u003e If we narrow it down, it provides a wealth of architectural stories and design motifs to architecture majors and general readers interested in the visual arts.\u003cbr\u003e It can be applied practically and can be used to find various topics for humanities and social science research.\u003cbr\u003e In that sense, to enhance the relevance to the present moment, we added examples of modern architects who utilized historical themes in each chapter to create a more realistic feel.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- From the author's note\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eRestoring the Lost Civilizational Significance of Stairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the things that mankind has been creating since the beginning of time and has always been with us is the staircase. \u003cbr\u003eBecause it is such an obvious thing, thinking about 'stairs' itself seems meaningless.\u003cbr\u003e But all around us is a world of stairs.\u003cbr\u003e According to research by historians and architectural historians, stairs have stimulated human vertical desires from ancient times to the present.\u003cbr\u003e Stairs can be said to be human history itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Lim Seok-jae (Department of Architecture, Ewha Womans University), Korea's leading architectural historian, has published a new book, \"Stairs, Climbing Civilization\" (2 volumes), which explores the history of stairs, the ideology of the times, the perspectives of architects, and stories of our daily lives from a humanities and sociological perspective, from the perspective of the history of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e The author has observed stairs since he began studying architecture, during his graduate school years, and after becoming a professor while traveling domestically and internationally.\u003cbr\u003e The history of Western civilization is described through the history of stairs, with extremely ordinary yet very unique observations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCurrently, there are very few staircase experts or staircase architects in Korea.\u003cbr\u003e In this respect, the author's attempt is a very unusual, unique, and meaningful study.\u003cbr\u003e The reality today is that we have lost one of the most interesting, useful, and luxurious structures in human history, yet one that is easily accessible in everyday life: stairs.\u003cbr\u003e The author planned and wrote this book to retrieve this.\u003cbr\u003e \"Stairs, Climbing Civilization\" restores the original meaning of stairs, a beneficial and interesting cultural heritage of humanity, and provides an opportunity to rediscover the joy felt when climbing stairs in everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is no exaggeration to say that the world is truly made up of stairs, and that people's daily lives begin and end with stairs.\u003cbr\u003e Even I didn't realize there were so many stairs around me until I started writing this book. \u003cbr\u003eI realized for the first time that I live surrounded by stairs all day, stepping on them and living in close contact with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What is the meaning behind the stairs?\u003cbr\u003e The meaning contained in stairs is endless, from the psychological functioning of an individual to the symbolism of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e A staircase may be a small space or a small part of a building, but the content it contains is comparable to the entire building.\u003cbr\u003e It could be said to be an independent genre.\u003cbr\u003e A history can be made with just stairs.\u003cbr\u003e By tracing just one staircase, you can read the entirety of Western civilization.\u003cbr\u003e --- From 『Stairs, Climbing Civilization: Ancient Times to the Renaissance』 pp. 4-5, 〈Author's Note〉\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA History of Western Civilization Seen Through the Stairs: A Treasure Trove of Human History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This building (stairs), which means 'a vertical means of movement connecting two places of different heights', contains the results of human religious, spiritual, and functional activities. \u003cbr\u003eUsing Western architectural history as a foundation, the author weaves together the flow of time and concepts and themes, exploring commonalities between the iconic staircases of Western architecture and the countless staircases we see around us. He then explores the everyday experiences of the stairs that make up our lives from a socio-humanistic perspective.\u003cbr\u003e It is about discovering interesting and meaningful examples from a morphological and sociological perspective among stairs that we pass by without noticing, and through this, giving new meaning to the everyday formative environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stairs have been with us throughout human history.\u003cbr\u003e Stairs have been a place that clearly reveals the civilizational phenomena of each era, following the same path as the entire history of Western architecture.\u003cbr\u003e Stairs are a treasure trove where the socio-cultural meaning of each era is intensively stored through architecture. \u003cbr\u003eIt is a collection of individual-collective-mental-physical civilizational functions surrounding humans, including religious symbolism, political monumentality, social publicness, economic desire, psychological delicacy, and physiological physicality.\u003cbr\u003e The ancient staircases are represented by the Tower of Babel and the pyramids, which were staircases that inherently represented the vertical desire for heaven.\u003cbr\u003e In Christian civilization, this vertical desire became a curse and a punishment.\u003cbr\u003e During this period, three types of stairs emerged: faith, hope, and love. In the Greco-Roman era, a human-centered staircase faithful to its function also appeared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In that sense, stairs are a suitable element for expressing humanistic and social meanings.\u003cbr\u003e These humanistic and cultural contents are very important to human history.\u003cbr\u003e What the author wanted to emphasize most in ‘Stairs, Climbing Civilization’ is that ‘stairs were originally a concentrated cultural symbol representing a civilization.’ \u003cbr\u003eThe author lamented that the 'stairs' inherently embodied the building owner's commissioning intention, the architects' design intention, and the users' unique way of enjoying and appreciating them, and that these were disappearing in the 20th century capitalist history of function and efficiency. He also believed that while function and efficiency are important, they are not worth exchanging entirely for their rich humanities and social science meaning.\u003cbr\u003e This is because the machine-material civilization dominated by function and efficiency lasted only 100 years in the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e For thousands of years before the modern era, there were brilliant historical civilizations dominated by human spiritual values, and in the 21st century, there is a strong movement to restore those historical values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this way, stairs are the most suitable architectural elements to convey various humanistic and sociological meanings.\u003cbr\u003e Historically, there is no building that has as much contemporary and civilizational significance as stairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs function and efficiency took over the ladder, human life began to become bleak and brutal.\u003cbr\u003e The important thing is that after function and efficiency became the only values ​​of stairs, safety accidents actually increased.\u003cbr\u003e We need to take a good look at what we have traded for what we have given up… …giving up stairs for elevators and escalators is not a good deal.\u003cbr\u003e The fact that stairs, which were once objects of various pleasures, have become objects of avoidance and that we sigh when we stand in front of them is evidence that our values ​​are seriously distorted.\u003cbr\u003e The social and humanistic meaning that has been saved in the stairs must be restored without fail.\u003cbr\u003e It could be an important part of the mental restoration work that began to emerge in the 21st century to heal the ills of machine-material civilization. \u003cbr\u003eTo do so, we must examine what its content is and how those spiritual values ​​are expressed.\u003cbr\u003e In times like these, we need to start again from the very basics.\u003cbr\u003e … … Summarizing the above, it becomes the same as the origin of the birth of stairs.\u003cbr\u003e This common-sense definition is not much different from my theory of the origin of stairs.\u003cbr\u003e I divide the origins of stairs into three main categories: tool instinct, spontaneous generation, and human structure.\u003cbr\u003e These three are the original and fundamental motives of humans before they began to engage in civilized activities through symbolic acts.\u003cbr\u003e Vertical desire is also an important driver, which can be seen as the origin or as a symbolic act that follows from the origin.\u003cbr\u003e The vertical desire is a turning point that connects the fundamental origins and the activities of civilization, and it can be seen that this is the beginning of the history of Western architecture, which we call 'ancient'. \u003cbr\u003e--- From 『Stairs, Climbing Civilization Ancient Times~Renaissance』 pp.19-20, 〈Chapter 1: The Birth of Stairs〉\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe only domestic work that deals with the unique theme of 'stairs'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The world is truly made up of stairs, and most of our daily lives begin and end with stairs.\u003cbr\u003e What meaning does a staircase hold? From the psychological functioning of an individual to the symbolism of civilization, the meanings contained within stairs are limitless.\u003cbr\u003e A staircase is a small space or a part within a building, but the content contained within it is comparable to the entire building.\u003cbr\u003e The author believes that a single staircase can create a single history, and that by tracing a single staircase, the entirety of Western civilization can be read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stairs are an interesting element from many angles, making them a great place for architects to exercise their imagination when designing their own buildings. \u003cbr\u003eFor theorists, architects, or humanities researchers, it is a fascinating subject that allows them to traverse the entire history of Western civilization with a single, small topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite these advantages, there have been no books in Korea that study or introduce stairs.\u003cbr\u003e There are a few books for architecture students in the West, but they are mostly superficial and the content is very similar.\u003cbr\u003e There is no book in the world that deeply explores and interprets the social and humanistic meaning contained in stairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are about 10 volumes in the West, and as I mentioned in the Author's Note, their contents are surprisingly similar.\u003cbr\u003e In our country, it is so controversial that only the original author's book can be published.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, Western stairs have standardized content.\u003cbr\u003e However, there are many problems with this Western research as well.\u003cbr\u003e First of all, the content is too poor. \u003cbr\u003eIt only lists very light and superficial simple information that would fit in a children's encyclopedia, and the amount is too small.\u003cbr\u003e There is little in the way of personal judgment or appreciation, and no content related to humanities, social sciences, history, etc.\u003cbr\u003e It's mostly filled with photos, and the photos are all the same for about 10 books.\u003cbr\u003e The photos ended up being larger than necessary because I was trying to fit them into the book's page count.\u003cbr\u003e There are no books on stairs in Korea.\u003cbr\u003e There are a few cases where it was covered in graduate school theses, but they are only summaries of the Western books mentioned above.\u003cbr\u003e We are proud to say that this is the first attempt of its kind in our country and the world.\u003cbr\u003e --- From the press release “Author Interview” \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296 pages | 526g | 153*224*20mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788958622888\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8958622881 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894805987370,"sku":"109484","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/78fb204494ce0d92c8b85c77715e8848.jpg?v=1765446835","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/109484","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}