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  1. Spirit of place
    artists, writers & the British landscape
    Autor*in: Owens, Susan
    Erschienen: 2021
    Verlag:  Thames & Hudson, London ; New York

    When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? We have altered the countryside in innumerable ways over the last thousand years,... mehr

    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe

     

    When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? We have altered the countryside in innumerable ways over the last thousand years, and never more so than in the last hundred. How are these changes reflected in - and affected by - art and literature? English landscape painting is often said to be an 18th-century invention. But when we look for representations of the countryside in British art and literature, we find a story that begins with Old English poetry and treads a winding path up to the present day. Spirit of Place offers a panoramic view of the British landscape as seen through the eyes of writers and artists from Bede and the Gawain-poet to Gainsborough, Austen, Turner and Constable; from Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth to Robert Macfarlane. Guided by these distinctive voices and imagery, and with a sharp eye for an anecdote, Susan Owens elucidates how the British landscape has been framed, reimagined and reshaped by generations. Each account, whether limned in a psalter, jotted down in a journal or constructed from sticks and stones, holds up a mirror to its maker and their world

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780500775592; 9780500775608
    RVK Klassifikation: HG 130 ; HG 430 ; LO 62200
    Auflage/Ausgabe: Compact paperback edition
    Schlagworte: Landschaft <Motiv>; Landschaftsmalerei; Kunst; Literatur
    Weitere Schlagworte: English literature / History and criticism; Landscapes in literature; English literature; Landscapes in literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (292 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. Spirit of place
    artists, writers and the British landscape
    Autor*in: Owens, Susan
    Erschienen: 2020; ©2020
    Verlag:  Thames & Hudson, Limited, London

    A lyrical, critically acclaimed account of the British landscape in writing and art from Beowulf to now. Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other Titles of Interest -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Mystery -- II: Reflection -- III: Discovery... mehr

    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
    keine Fernleihe

     

    A lyrical, critically acclaimed account of the British landscape in writing and art from Beowulf to now. Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other Titles of Interest -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Mystery -- II: Reflection -- III: Discovery -- Plate Section One -- IV: Imagination -- V: Sensation -- VI: Vision -- VII: Feeling -- Plate Section Two -- VIII: Presence -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780500775592; 9780500775608
    RVK Klassifikation: HG 430
    Schlagworte: Electronic books
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (292 Seiten), Illustrationen
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