Research Catalog

Title

A picture of Britain / David Dimbleby ; with essays by David Blayney Brown, Richard Humphreys, Christine Riding.

Author

Dimbleby, David.

Publication

London : Tate, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Brown, David Blayney.
• Humphreys, Richard, 1953-
• Riding, Christine.

Description

223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Summary

I have always loved painting and scenery. The connection between the British landscape seen by all of us with the naked eye and the same landscape seen through the eyes of artists, musicians and writers is fascinating. In A Picture of Britain I will be exploring these links and looking at their impact on our national character, seeking out the countryside we admire and the reasons we cherish it.? David Dimbleby Accompanying a major new BBC One series presented by David Dimbleby and an important exhibition at Tate Britain, A Picture of Britain is a celebration of the British landscape and the art that it has inspired, from Constable to Lowry, from Turner to Nash. Written by David Dimbleby and leading experts on British art from Tate, it is beautifully illustrated with landscape photography and great works of art. From the slopes of Snowdonia to the industrial Black Country. from the grandeur of the Scottish Highlands to the meadows of Suffolk, the British landscape has inspired artists and writers for generations. But the authors show that it is only in the last two hundred years, stirred by art and poetry, that large numbers of people have sought out and visited wilder and more rugged vistas. In paintings, photographs and words, this remarkable book captures our rich cultural heritage, creating for the reader A Picture of Britain.

Subject

• Great Britain > Civilization
• Great Britain > In art
• Landscape photography > Great Britain
• Landscapes > Great Britain

Genre/Form

Art

Note

• TV tie-in.
• Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 16 June-4 September 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 220) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A picture of Britain -- The romantic north ; 'man nature and society' -- The home front ; war and peace -- Highlands and glens ; 'land of the mountain and the flood' -- The heart of England ; paradise and pandemonium -- The flatlands ; 'the nature of our looking' -- The mystical west ; myths and megaliths.

ISBN

1854375660 (hbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library