Entrée principale:

Strong, Roy.

Titre et auteur:

Lost treasures of Britain / Roy Strong.

Publication:

London : Viking in association with the Sunday Times, 1990.

Description:

231 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
The destruction of shrines and relics -- The dissolution of the monasteries -- The reformation of images -- The dispersal of libraries -- The sale of the royal jewels and plate -- The purging of cathedrals and churches -- The fate of the royal palaces -- The destruction of the crown jewels -- The great fire of London -- The demolition of Nonsuch Palace -- The burning of Whitehall Palace -- Three famous Holbeins lost -- The end of Wilton's garden -- Somerset House destroyed -- The fall of Fonthill -- Westminster in flames -- Conclusion: The triumph of the past?
Also issued online.

Résumé:

Five centuries of creation and destruction. Between the Reformation and the 19th century, countless masterpieces were destroyed in Britain. This book provides a unique pictorial record of the fate of these vanished treasures.

ISBN:

0670833835
9780670833832

Sujet:

Arts Great Britain.
Arts.
Arts Great Britain History.
Great Britain.
Great Britain Antiquities Collection and preservation.
Arts History
Great Britain Arts, history

Classification/genre:

Nonfiction.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 58373
Cote: ID:90-B6721
Statut: Disponible