Recording Britain / edited by Gill Saunders.

Title & Author:

Recording Britain / edited by Gill Saunders.

Edition:

Hardcover ed.

Publication:

London : V & A Publishing, 2011.

Description:

253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.
Introduction / Gill Saunders -- Recording Britain : patriotism, polemic and romantic psychogeography / Stephen Calloway -- Recording Britain and the 'tradition' of the English topographical watercolour / Katherine Coombs -- Facts and emotion : a photographic survey / Martin Barnes -- Recording Britain : architecture / Charles Hind -- From fairground to farm : recording popular arts and crafts / Gill Saunders -- Recording Scotland / Amy Dale -- Recording Britain after Recording Britain / Gill Saunders -- Recording Britain artists -- Recording Scotland artists.

Summary:

"Established in the winter of 1939-40, and continuing until 1943, the 'Scheme for Recording the Changing Face of Britain' (thereafter known as 'Recording Britain') produced 1,549 'topographical water-colour drawings of places and buildings os characteristic national interest'...Compiled as the country was facing up to the potentially devastating impact of war, as well as the more insidious depradations of 'progress', the collection stands now as a unique account of losses and survivals"--Taken from the introduction.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781851776610 (hbk.)
1851776613 (hbk.)

Subject:

Victoria and Albert Museum
Painting, British 20th century.
Drawing, British 20th century.
Peinture britannique 20e siècle.
Dessin britannique 20e siècle.
Drawing, British
Painting, British
Großbritannien.
Nationalbewusstsein
Aquarell
Weltkrieg
Kunst
Great Britain History 20th century Pictorial works.
Great Britain In art.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Great Britain
Großbritannien (Motiv)

Form/genre:

Bildband.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Art
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Saunders, Gill.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275191
Call No.: BIB 209222
Status: Available

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