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The Image of Antiquity
Sam Smiles
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Description for The Image of Antiquity
Hardcover. The author of this book sets out to investigate two fundamental issues: how was the remote past of Britain imagined in the 18th and 19th centuries and what part did visual arts play in the process? Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 262 pages, 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACV; HBAH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1007.
How was the remote past of Britain imagined in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What part did the visual arts play in that process? In this book Sam Smiles argues that the ancient Britain of the romantic imagination was a contested world, variously seen as a noble epoch of wisdom and patriotism and as a period of unredeemed savagery and barbarism. The arts, says Smiles, not only reflected these historical debates but actively contributed to them by attempting to bring the archaic past to life.
Smiles examines the interplay of antiquarian research, historiography, and the visual arts in constructing ... Read more
How was the remote past of Britain imagined in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What part did the visual arts play in that process? In this book Sam Smiles argues that the ancient Britain of the romantic imagination was a contested world, variously seen as a noble epoch of wisdom and patriotism and as a period of unredeemed savagery and barbarism. The arts, says Smiles, not only reflected these historical debates but actively contributed to them by attempting to bring the archaic past to life.
Smiles examines the interplay of antiquarian research, historiography, and the visual arts in constructing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300058147
SKU
V9780300058147
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About Sam Smiles
Sam Smiles is a lecturer in the history of art at the University of Plymouth.
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