Shadow Sites : Photography, Archaeology, and the British Landscape 1927-1955 Hardback
by Kitty (Research Fellow, Power Institute, Sydney University) Hauser
Part of the Oxford Historical Monographs series
Hardback
Description
At certain times of the day - at sunrise, and sunset - the outlines of prehistoric fields, barrows and hill-forts in the British landscape may be thrown into relief.
Such 'shadow sites', best seen from above, and captured by an airborne camera, are both examples of, and metaphors for, a particular way of seeing the landscape.
At a time of rapid modernisation and urbanisation in mid-twentieth-century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape reassured and enchanted a number of writers, artists, photographers, and film-makers.
From John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Shell guide books, to photographs of bomb damage, aerial archaeology, and The Wizard of Oz, Kitty Hauser delves into evocative interpretations of the landscape and looks at the affinities between photography as a medium to capture traces of the past as well as their absence.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, 120 halftone illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2007
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- ISBN:9780199206322
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, 120 halftone illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199206322
