The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic imagination / Sam Smiles
1994, First Edition. New Haven [Conn.] : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #411206
ISBN: 0300058144
Physical description: x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Contents: 1. The Domain of Antiquity -- 2. The Past and its Meanings -- 3. Northern Heroes and National Identity -- 4. The Bards of Britain -- 5. The Druids -- 6. Ancestors and Others: The Origins of England -- 7. The Image of the Briton -- 8. The Megalithic Landscape -- 9. Garden Design and the Prehistoric Past -- 10. Conclusion. Subjects: To 449; Prehistoric peoples Great Britain Historiography; Celts Great Britain Historiography; Druids and druidism Historiography; Romanticism Great Britain; Britons Historiography; Art, British.
Price: €30.00