Megaliths: The Ancient Stone Monuments of England and Wales - Couverture rigide

Corio, David; Corio, Lai Ngan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0224064649 ISBN 13 : 9780224064644

Editeur : Jonathan Cape, 2003

Synopsis

David Corio has systematically photographed the megalithic sites of England and Wales with the eye of a great landscape photographer as well as with the passion of an explorer in the ruins of an ancient culture. These photographs go to the heart of prehistoric England and reveal a profound sense of 'place'. The sites are revealed with all the beauty that invited Romantic speculation from the seventeenth century onwards as well as the encroaching modern world of distant urban skylines and protective barriers.

Lai Ngan's text distils the mythical narratives that arose around these extraordinary structures and places as well as pointing to the recent astronomical and mathematical research which suggests their remarkable function in the prehistoric calendar. The photographs point to the beginning of architecture itself in Britain, with the suggestion of both sacred and secular function, layered in the fabulous tales of popular imagination.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Corio's work has been published by The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the New York Times and Rolling Stone. His book on black musicians, The Black Chord, was published in New York in 1999. His work has been exhibited at the V&A and numerous galleries. He lives in New York with his wife Lai Ngan, a film maker. Their website is www.davidcorio.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0224064649
• ISBN 13: 9780224064644
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible