Author: Walter Tomlinson
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: Paul Readman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108685358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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People have always attached meaning to the landscape that surrounds them. In Storied Ground Paul Readman uncovers why landscape matters so much to the English people, exploring its particular importance in shaping English national identity amid the transformations of modernity. The book takes us from the fells of the Lake District to the uplands of Northumberland; from the streetscapes of industrial Manchester to the heart of London. This panoramic journey reveals the significance, not only of the physical characteristics of landscapes, but also of the sense of the past, collective memories and cultural traditions that give these places their meaning. Between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, Englishness extended far beyond the pastoral idyll of chocolate-box thatched cottages, waving fields of corn and quaint country churches. It was found in diverse locations - urban as well as rural, north as well as south - and it took strikingly diverse forms.

Author: Simon Goldhill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009306472
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 471

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This is the first book to establish how classical antiquity and the study of the Bible together formed Victorian ideas of the past, and consequently informed the very construction of modernity. Its multi-disciplinary approach will be valuable to scholars and graduate students in numerous disciplines across the arts and humanities.

Author: Richard Muther
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1136

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Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392406
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: Marta Filipová
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135157034X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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Beyond the great exhibitions, expositions universelles and world fairs in London, Paris or Chicago, numerous smaller, yet ambitious exhibitions took place in provincial cities and towns across the world. Focusing on the period between 1840 and 1940, this volume takes a novel look at the exhibitionary cultures of this period and examines the motivations, scope, and impact of lesser-known exhibitions in, for example, Australia, Japan, Brazil, as well as a number of European countries. The individual case studies included explore the role of these exhibitions in the global exhibitionary network and consider their ?marginality? related to their location and omission by academic research so far. The chapters also highlight a number of important issues from regional or national identities, the role of modernisation and tradition, to the relationship between capital cities and provincial towns present in these exhibitions. They also address the key topic of colonial exhibitions as well as the displays of arts and design in the context of the so-called marginal fairs. Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940: Great Exhibitions in the Margins therefore opens up new angles in the way the global phenomenon of a great exhibition can be examined through the prism of the regional, and will make a vital contribution to those interested in exhibition studies and related fields.

Author: Cambridge University Library
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Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Author: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.

Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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