Author: Beriah BotfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highlands (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Journal of a Tour Through the Highlands of Scotland During the Summer of MDCCCXXIX.
Author: Beriah BotfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highlands (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Journal of a Tour Through the Highlands of Scotland During the Summer of 1829
Author: Beriah BotfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
My Life as a Replica
Author: Sally FosterPublisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1911188623
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
In 1970 a concrete replica of the St John’s Cross arrived in Iona sitting incongruously on the deck of a puffer delivering the island’s annual supply of coal. What is the story behind this intriguing replica? How does it relate to the world’s first ringed ‘Celtic cross’, an artistic and technical masterpiece, which has been at the heart of the Iona experience since the eighth century? What does it tell us about the authenticity and value of replicas? In this fascinating book, Foster and Jones draw on extensive interdisciplinary research to reveal the composite biography of the St John’s Cross, its concrete replica, and its many other scale copies. They show that replicas can acquire rich forms of authenticity and value, informed by social relations, craft practices, creativity, place and materiality. Thus, the book challenges traditional precepts that seek authenticity in qualities intrinsic to original historic objects. Replicas are shown to be important objects in their own right, with their own creative, human histories — biographies that people can connect with. The story of the St John’s Cross celebrates how replicas can ‘work’ for us if we let them, particularly if clues are available about their makers’ passion, creativity and craft.
The Alpine Journal
Author: Catalogue of Books Printed for Private Circulation
Author: Bertram DobellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privately printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Castle Ashby. A Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the Castle and Grounds and the Parish Church
Author: Samuel Smith CampionImagining Scotland
Author: John R. GoldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Every year, thousands of tourists are drawn to Scotland by images of pipers and fairy-tale castles, Highland games and haggis, misty glens and heather, and, despite widespread disparagement, that imagery is still as carefully nurtured by indigenous tourist agencies as by the international tourist industry. This illustrated text looks at the portrayal of Scotland in tourist promotional literature from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, with illustrations drawn from many parts of continental Europe and North America. After providing an analytical framework for the interpretation of tourist promotional imagery, the early chapters focus on the all-important creation of the Highland myth through the reports of eighteenth and nineteenth century travellers, its enhancement as tourism grew from 1850 onwards - completely belying the contemporary reality of the Highland clearances - and its apotheosis in the film-maker's art. Subsequent chapters turn to the selling of urban Scotland, looking at the long-standing marketing of Edinburgh and more recent attempts to sell Glasgow as a cultural centre.
Easter Ross, 1750-1850
Author: Ian R. M. MowatPublisher: John Donald
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Catalogue of Books on Archaeology and Art and Cognate Works Belonging to the Preedy Memorial Library and Other Collections in the University Library
Author: University of London. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Catalogue of Book on Archaeology and Art and Cognate Works Belonging to the Preedy Memorial Library and Other Collections in the University Library
Author: University of London. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description