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| Author | : Brian Cook |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-03-15 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 1849940363 |
The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated, but never surpassed. His jacket covers for the Batsford series of books that celebrated British life are now very collectable. This collection of his best work is a beautiful publication that should be enjoyed not only by collectors but all lovers of good design and illustration. Brian Cook describes his working processes, the then-new printing process that allowed him to pioneer his characteristic bold colours, and the design principles and practical methods of his craft. A stunning book for designers.
| Author | : Nicholas Crane |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2017-10-05 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780753826676 |
Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities. It is part journey, part history, and it concludes with awkward questions about the future of Britain's landscapes. Nick Crane's story begins with the melting tongues of glaciers and the emergence of a gigantic game-park tentatively being explored by a vanguard of Mesolithic adventurers who have taken the long, northward hike across the land bridge from the continent. The Iron Age develops into a pre-Roman 'Golden Era' and Crane looks at what the Romans did (and didn't) contribute to the British landscape. Major landscape 'events' (Black Death, enclosures, urbanisation, recreation, etc.) are fully described and explored, and he weaves in the role played by geology in shaping our cities, industry and recreation, the effect of climate (and the Gulf Stream), and of global economics (the Lancashire valleys were formed by overseas markets). The co-presenter of BBC's COAST also covers the extraordinary benefits bestowed by a 6,000-mile coastline. The 12,000-year story of the British landscape culminates in the twenty-first century, which is set to be one of the most extreme centuries of change since the Ice Age.
| Author | : John E. Crowley |
| Publisher | : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780300170504 |
"In response to conquests in mid-18th century wars, Britons developed a keen interest in how their colonies actually looked. Artistic representations of these faraway places, claiming topographic accuracy from being 'drawn on the spot', became increasingly frequent as the British empire extended its reach during and after the Seven Years' War [1756-1763]. ... Chapters on Canada, the Pacific, the West Indies, the United States, India, and Australia show how British artists linked colonial territories with their homeland. This is both [an] ... art book and a historical analysis of how British visual culture entwined with the politics of colonization."--Book jacket.
| Author | : Mary-Ann Ochota |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2018-04-05 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 0711240086 |
For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.
| Author | : Roly Smith |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-03-24 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780711235045 |
Explore the landscape wonders of Britain in this new collection of fifty photographs by Joe Cornish, widely acknowledged as Britain’s finest landscape photographer. Taking its cue from these Isles' extraordinarily diverse geology, This Land ranges from the ancient quartzite rocks of the Scottish Highlands to the gritstones and limestones of the English Pennines and the rolling chalk downs of Southern England. There are sections on Mountains, Islands, Forests and Coasts, as well as a fascinating look at the ways in which British people have shaped the landscape over thousands of years. Accompanying text by leading outdoors writer and campaigner Roly Smith explains how each type of rock creates its own distinctive landforms and vegetation, and how these have often been made the subject of local folklore and legend.
| Author | : Robin Edgar Glasscock |
| Publisher | : CUP Archive |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1992-10-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521325332 |
| Author | : Brian Cook Batsford |
| Publisher | : B T Batsford Limited |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780713457001 |
Distinctive in its drawing and brilliant use of colour, the work of Brian Cook originally appeared on Batsford book jackets from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These books have been enduringly popular; they are collectors items and for many were the beginning of a life-long interest in British landscape and architectural heritage. In this volume these jackets are brought together for the first time.
| Author | : Francis Pryor |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2018-03-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0241299993 |
Discover the hidden corners and forgotten crevices of Britain's landscapes, from lost rural treasures to unseen urban gems. Landscapes reflect and shape our behaviour. They make us who we are and bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over the generations. Bringing to bear a lifetime's digging, archaeologist Francis Pryor delves into Britain's hidden urban and rural landscapes, from Whitby Abbey to the navvy camp at Risehill in Cumbria, from Tintagel to Tottenham's Broadwater Farm. Through fields, woods, moors, roads, tracks and towns, he reveals the stories of our physical surroundings and what they meant to the people who formed them, used them and lived in them. These landscapes, he stresses, are our common physical inheritance. If we can understand how to make them yield up their secrets, it will help us, their guardians, to maintain and shape them for future generations.
| Author | : Bill Brandt |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 75 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 9780893812232 |
From 1948 to 1951, Britain's foremost 20th-century photographer, Bill Brandt, journeyed into the heart of literary Britain, capturing these brilliant photographs.
| Author | : Brian Cook |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781840655858 |
Brian Cook's illustrations of Britain, its cottages, churches, villages, and landscapes, are now iconic and highlight the best of Britain. These iconic images were originally commissioned for Batsford book jackets in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. His heightened use of color and flat poster style has been much imitated but never surpassed. Each notebooks is exquisitely finished with a cloth-bound cover, back pocket, and elastic closure. The inside pages are woodfree paper with alternate lined and plain pages. These journals are perfect for vintage book lovers.
