Picturing Britain

Author : Paul Sandby
Publisher : Royal Academy Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Sandby written by Paul Sandby and published by Royal Academy Books. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published on the occasion of Paul Sandby (1731-1809): picturing Britain, a bicentenary exhibition, first shown at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 25 July-18 October, 2009.

Author : Diana Donald
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300126792
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850 written by Diana Donald and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This highly original book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. What Diana Donald discovers in this fascinating study is a deep and unresolved ambivalence that lies at the heart of human attitudes toward animals. The author brings to light dichotomies in human thinking about animals throughout this key period: awestruck with the beauty and spirit of wild animals, people nevertheless desired to capture and tame them; the belief that other species are inferior was firmly held, yet at the same time animals in stories and fables were given human attributes; though laws against animal cruelty were introduced, the overworking of horses and the allure of sport hunting persisted. Animals are central in cultural history, Donald concludes, and compelling questions about them--then and now--remain unanswered.

Author : Janice Carlisle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052186836X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Reform in Victorian Britain written by Janice Carlisle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of Victorian art and politics that examines how paintings and newspaper illustrations visualized franchise reform.

Author : James R. Ryan
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231636
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Empire written by James R. Ryan and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coinciding with the extraordinary expansion of Britain's overseas empire under Queen Victoria, the invention of photography allowed millions to see what they thought were realistic and unbiased pictures of distant peoples and places. This supposed accuracy also helped to legitimate Victorian geography's illuminations of the "darkest" recesses of the globe with the "light" of scientific mapping techniques. But as James R. Ryan argues in Picturing Empire, Victorian photographs reveal as much about the imaginative landscapes of imperial culture as they do about the "real" subjects captured within their frames. Ryan considers the role of photography in the exploration and domestication of foreign landscapes, in imperial warfare, in the survey and classification of "racial types," in "hunting with the camera," and in teaching imperial geography to British schoolchildren. Ryan's careful exposure of the reciprocal relation between photographic image and imperial imagination will interest all those concerned with the cultural history of the British Empire.

Author : John Craven
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008254990
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Countryfile – A Picture of Britain: A Stunning Collection of Viewers’ Photography written by John Craven and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published In Aid of BBC Children in Need * The Countryfile Calendar has brought nature into our homes for nearly three decades, and now this comprehensive collection captures the essence of each season, bringing together viewers’ photographs of the British countryside throughout the year.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book “A” Picture of Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Beth Fowkes Tobin
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822323389
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Imperial Power written by Beth Fowkes Tobin and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary study of visual representations of British colonial power in the eighteenth century.

Author : Sue Harper
Publisher : British Film Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing the Past written by Sue Harper and published by British Film Institute. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of British historical films of the 1930s and 1940s offers an account of the attitudes of official bodies, film-makers and audiences to the costume film. Archive records unearthed by Sue Harper reveal the extent to which government agencies and institutions attempted to influence the cinematic representation of history. This book goes on to contrast the work of a range of key producers and charts the vagaries of audience response.

Author : Tibor Frank
Publisher : East European Monographs
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Austria-Hungary written by Tibor Frank and published by East European Monographs. This book was released on 2005 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a turbulent period in Austria-Hungary's history from a primarily British perspective. The author utilizes resources from the contemporary press and travelogues to emphasize British interest in preserving the Habsburg Empire as a political entity and the balance of power in Europe.

Author : Stuart Piggott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521176408
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Picture Book of Ancient British Art written by Stuart Piggott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1951 book contains seventy-three pictures of treasures found in Britain - things that have survived from ancient prehistoric times.