Shadow Sites : Photography, Archaeology, and the British Landscape 1927-1955.
Kitty. Hauser
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (327 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Archaeological Imagination -- 2. Tracing the Trace: Photography, the Index, and the Limits of Representation -- 3. Reading Antiquity, Mapping History -- 4. Revenants in the Landscape: The Discoveries of Aerial Photography -- 5. Recuperating Ruins -- 6. A Tale of Two Cities -- Conclusion -- Appendix: John Piper's 'Papers from Antiquity' -- List of Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.. - In mid-twentieth-century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape reassured and enchanted a 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 these evocative interpretations and looks at how they affected the way the landscape was seen.
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| ISBN | 9780191525650
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