Commemorating the Seafarer: Monuments, Memorials and Memory
Barbara Tomlinson
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Description for Commemorating the Seafarer: Monuments, Memorials and Memory
Hardback. A generously illustrated survey of memorials to different kinds of seafarers, recounting the stories behind them. Num Pages: 273 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTM; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
This book discusses memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to the present. Examples have been chosen mainly from Great Britain and Ireland with a few from wider afield. They include important works by major British artists as well as more modest productions by anonymous carvers. The book retells the dramatic stories behind them, illustrating significant social and cultural changes in Britain's relationship to the sea. Memorials vividly illustrate the hazards of seagoing life and the impact these had both upon the family of ... Read more
This book discusses memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to the present. Examples have been chosen mainly from Great Britain and Ireland with a few from wider afield. They include important works by major British artists as well as more modest productions by anonymous carvers. The book retells the dramatic stories behind them, illustrating significant social and cultural changes in Britain's relationship to the sea. Memorials vividly illustrate the hazards of seagoing life and the impact these had both upon the family of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839705
SKU
V9781843839705
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
Reviews for Commemorating the Seafarer: Monuments, Memorials and Memory
There is vast knowledge on show here, and much detailed description of the monuments themselves. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY Tomlinson's book triumphs [bringing] to the fore those lesser-known individuals by whose sacrifice our lives have been improved. CHURCH MONUMENTS The commemoration of the past in public sculpture seems to be continuing unabated, ... Read more