Main entry:

Hauser, Kitty.

Title & Author:

Shadow sites : photography, archaeology, and the British landscape, 1927-1955 / Kitty Hauser.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Description:

vii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-309) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The archaeological imagination -- Tracing the trace: photography, the index, and the limits of representation -- Reading Antiquity, mapping history -- Revenants in the landscape: the discoveries of aerial photography -- Recuperating ruins -- A tale of two cities -- Conclusion.
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Summary:

In mid-20th century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape enchanted writers, artists, photographers, and film-makers. From John Piper and Eric Ravilious to photos of bomb damage, this book delves into these evocative interpretations and looks at how they affected the way the landscape was seen.

ISBN:

9780199206322 (cased)
0199206325 (cased)

Subject:

Landscape archaeology Great Britain.
Landscape photography Great Britain.
Archéologie du paysage Grande-Bretagne.
Photographie de paysages Grande-Bretagne.
Landscape archaeology.
Landscape photography.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Oxford historical monographs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258958
Call No.: BIB 189806
Status: Available