London S Immortals The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues
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London S Immortals The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues
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Author : John Blackwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
London S Immortals The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues written by John Blackwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Statues, commemorative, London categories.
London City Of The Dead
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Author : David Brandon
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2022-06-30
London City Of The Dead written by David Brandon and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30 with History categories.
London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City (Sutton, 2006) weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most curious features, such as London's Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery, with the culture of death exposed in the works of great writers such as Dickens. The book captures for the first time a side of the city that has always been every bit as fascinating and colourful as other better known aspects of the metropolis. It shows London in all its moods - serious, comic, tragic and heroic-and celebrates its robust acceptance of the only certainty in life.
The Age Of Anniversaries
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Author : T. G. Otte
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-28
The Age Of Anniversaries written by T. G. Otte and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with History categories.
For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.
Defining Features
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Author : L. J. Jordanova
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2000-05
Defining Features written by L. J. Jordanova and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with Art categories.
"Portraiture as a genre is receiving increased attention at the same time as public curiosity about science is reaching unprecedented levels. Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Defining Features ... reflects on the nature of the relationships between art, science, medicine and technology by focusing on a selection of portraits that spans more than three centuries."--P. [4] of cover.
Domenico Brucciani And The Formatori Of 19th Century Britain
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Author : Rebecca Wade
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Domenico Brucciani And The Formatori Of 19th Century Britain written by Rebecca Wade and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Art categories.
Born near the Tuscan province of Lucca in 1815, Domenico Brucciani became the most important and prolific maker of plaster casts in nineteenth-century Britain. This first substantive study shows how he and his business used public exhibitions, emerging museum culture and the nationalisation of art education to monopolise the market for reproductions of classical and contemporary sculpture. Based in Covent Garden in London, Brucciani built a network of fellow Italian émigré formatori and collaborated with other makers of facsimiles-including Elkington the electrotype manufacturers, Copeland the makers of Parian ware and Benjamin Cheverton with his sculpture reducing machine-to bring sculpture into the spaces of learning and leisure for as broad a public as possible. Brucciani's plaster casts survive in collections from North America to New Zealand, but the extraordinary breadth of his practice-making death masks of the famous and infamous, producing pioneering casts of anatomical, botanical and fossil specimens and decorating dance halls and theatres across Britain-is revealed here for the first time. By making unprecedented use of the nineteenth-century periodical press and dispersed archival sources, Domenico Brucciani and the Formatori of Nineteenth-Century Britain establishes the significance of Brucciani's sculptural practice to the visual and material cultures of Victorian Britain and beyond.
Transnational Outrage
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Author : K. Pickles
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-22
Transnational Outrage written by K. Pickles and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-22 with History categories.
The execution of British matron Edith Cavell by occupying German forces was portrayed by the allies as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the worldwide reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history, as well women's history and gender history.
The Statues Of London
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Author : Claire Bullus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Statues Of London written by Claire Bullus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
An elegant survey of 80 of the best and most interesting statues throughout the capital, featuring 250 specially commissioned images by photographer Dennis Gilbert.
People And Their Pasts
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Author : P. Ashton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-12-11
People And Their Pasts written by P. Ashton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-11 with History categories.
In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms of public history in which people's experience and understanding of their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current lives.
London Statues
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Author : Arthur Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
London Statues written by Arthur Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Art categories.
The Most Dangerous Woman In Europe
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Author : Terence Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2016-11-08
The Most Dangerous Woman In Europe written by Terence Jenkins and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-08 with History categories.
This is the sixth of Terence Jenkins' successful series of idiosyncratic books about London and its inhabitants. The retired teacher, journalist and ex-London guide, gives another entertaining and informative collection of bite-sized chunks, which are perfect for a leisurely stroll around the capital. You may discover a London you never knew and meet people who will widen your horizons. Who was the Queen whose funeral was attended by thousands? What was one of the greatest of American crime-writers doing in SE 19? And who was one of Hitler's greatest fears? Read. Explore. Enjoy.