[PDF] The Shell Guide To Photographing Britain eBook

Author : Kitty Hauser
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0199206325

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At certain times of the day - at sunrise, and sunset - the outlines of prehistoric fields, barrows and hill-forts in the British landscape may be thrown into relief. Such 'shadow sites', best seen from above, and captured by an airborne camera, are both examples of, and metaphors for, a particular way of seeing the landscape. At a time of rapid modernisation and urbanisation in mid-twentieth-century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape reassured and enchanteda number of writers, artists, photographers, and film-makers. From John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Shell guide books, to photographs of bomb damage, aerial archaeology, and The Wizard of Oz, Kitty Hauser delves into evocative interpretations of the landscape and looks at the affinities betweenphotography as a medium to capture traces of the past as well as their absence.

Author : Robert Nicholson
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,62 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Travel
ISBN :

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Covers London and an area approximately 50 miles around it.

Author : David Heathcote
Publisher : Libri Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781907471070

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Unique and nostalgic, this record explores the particularities of the Shell Guides and examines them in a cultural context. From their inception in the 1930s as UK county guides through their development in the 1970s as international travel guides, the Shell Guides moved away from an often elitist and ironic style to a more Modernist and serious approach. Including detailed accounts of post-World War II editors John Betjeman’s and John Piper’s writing, editing, and photography methods, this book will appeal to those interested in popular literature, design, and cultural history.

Author : Chris Wood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1999581105

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"Completely revised and expanded this Second Edition covers almost 300 individual species and groups of species seen underwater, from tiny fragile sea spiders to the massive planktonƯfeeding Basking Shark"--Publisher's website

Author : Frederick Gibberd
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1473353254

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Angela Blumberg
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 152616146X

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British literature and archaeology, 1880-1930 reveals how British writers and artists across the long turn of the twentieth century engaged with archaeological discourse—its artefacts, landscapes, bodies, and methods—uncovering the materials of the past to envision radical possibilities for the present and future. This project traces how archaeology shaped major late-Victorian and modern discussions: informing debates over shifting gender roles; facilitating the development of queer iconography and the recovery of silenced or neglected histories; inspiring artefactual forgery and transforming modern conceptions of authenticity; and helping writers and artists historicise the traumas of the First World War. Ultimately unearthing archaeology at the centre of these major discourses, this book simultaneously positions literary and artistic engagements with the archaeological imagination as forms of archaeological knowledge in themselves.

Author : John Coles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 131760606X

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A practical guide to the various modern methods of discovery, excavation and recording of the remains left by prehistoric man in Britain. It stresses the vital role played by the amateur rescuing evidence of man’s past behaviour in these islands, and is illustrated by maps, site plans and sections, and drawings of equipment and surveying procedures. Originally published in 1972.