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- catalog abstract ""This photographic survey of the megalithic sites of England and Wales has been conducted by David Corio with the eye of a great landscape photographer as well as the passion of an explorer of the ruins of ancient culture. These photographs go to the heart of prehistoric Britain and reveal a profound sense of 'place'." "In an illuminating essay on the antiquitarian tradition Lai Ngan Corio describes how the megaliths became the subject of extensive survey from the sixteenth century onwards. The exploration of the sites was coupled with a search for a sense of national culture and identity. David Corio's photographs continue that sense of survey that was so prevalent in the great illustrated books of the seventeenth century, but photographs as opposed to engravings now offer a sense of the surface and tactile quality of the stone itself. The photographs point to the beginning of architecture in Britain and endow the landscape of Britain with both a sense of the sacred and a national identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13016518.
- catalog contributor b13016519.
- catalog coverage "England Antiquities Pictorial works.".
- catalog coverage "England Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Wales Antiquities Pictorial works.".
- catalog coverage "Wales Antiquities.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""This photographic survey of the megalithic sites of England and Wales has been conducted by David Corio with the eye of a great landscape photographer as well as the passion of an explorer of the ruins of ancient culture. These photographs go to the heart of prehistoric Britain and reveal a profound sense of 'place'." "In an illuminating essay on the antiquitarian tradition Lai Ngan Corio describes how the megaliths became the subject of extensive survey from the sixteenth century onwards. The exploration of the sites was coupled with a search for a sense of national culture and identity. David Corio's photographs continue that sense of survey that was so prevalent in the great illustrated books of the seventeenth century, but photographs as opposed to engravings now offer a sense of the surface and tactile quality of the stone itself. The photographs point to the beginning of architecture in Britain and endow the landscape of Britain with both a sense of the sacred and a national identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-172) and index.".
- catalog description "The stones of time -- The antiquarian tradition -- The west -- The south -- The north -- Wales and the borders.".
- catalog extent "177 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0224064649".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Jonathan Cape,".
- catalog spatial "England Antiquities Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "England Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog spatial "Wales Antiquities Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "Wales Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Wales".
- catalog spatial "Wales.".
- catalog subject "936.1 21".
- catalog subject "GN790 .C67 2003".
- catalog subject "Megalithic monuments England Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Megalithic monuments England.".
- catalog subject "Megalithic monuments Wales Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Megalithic monuments Wales.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The stones of time -- The antiquarian tradition -- The west -- The south -- The north -- Wales and the borders.".
- catalog title "Megaliths : the ancient stone monuments of England and Wales / photographs by David Corio ; text by Lai Ngan Corio.".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".