Entrée principale:

Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019.

Titre et auteur:

The past from above : aerial photographs of archaeological sites / Georg Gerster ; edited by Charlotte Trümpler ; [translation by Stewart Spencer].

Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.

Description:

415 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Flug in die Vergangenheit : archäologisches Stätten der Menschheit in Flugbildern.
Catalog for an exhibition at the Ruhrlandmuseum in Essen, honoring Georg Gerster for over 40 years of aerial photography of archaeological sites around the world.
Catalogue for an exhibition at the Ruhrlandmuseum in Essen, honoring Georg Gerster for over 40 years of aerial photography of archaeological sites around the world.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Aerial photography in archaeology and its pioneers / Charlotte Trümpler -- From the private log of an aerial photographer / Georg Gerster -- Culture and nature: archaeological sites in the landscape -- Villages and towns: settlement types -- Living in the lap of luxury: palaces and royal residences -- Seeing and being seen: festival sites and places of assembly -- For safety's sake: fortifications and bulwarks -- Frontier walls to keep people out (and in): Limes/Pursuing politics by other means: battlefields -- Building for eternity: graves and cemeteries -- The homes of the gods: sacred sites -- Mysterious grandeur: monumental geoglyphs -- Gifts of the earth: water, land, mineral resources -- The curse and frustration of archaeologists: looting -- At the last moment: sites lost and saved -- Pharaoh is moving / Georg Gerster.
Also issued online.

Résumé:

Catalog for an exhibition at the Ruhrlandmuseum in Essen, honoring Georg Gerster for over 40 years of aerial photography of archaeological sites around the world.

Ressources:
Publisher description
Publisher description

ISBN:

0892368179
9780892368174
3829600941
9783829600941
9780892368754
0892368756

Sujet:

Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019 Exhibitions.
Gerster, Georg, 1928- Expositions.
Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019
Gerster, Georg, 1928- Exhibitions.
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen Exhibitions.
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen Expositions.
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen
Aerial photography in archaeology Exhibitions.
Photographie aérienne en archéologie Expositions.
Aerial photography in archaeology

Classification/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Vedettes secondaires:

Trümpler, Ch. (Charlotte), editor.
Spencer, Stewart, translator.
Trümpler, Ch. (Charlotte)
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen.
J. Paul Getty Museum.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 254046
Cote: BIB 183893
Statut: Disponible