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Scenes and traces of the English Civil War / Stephen Bann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bann, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, English--17th century.
- Art, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Reaktion Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- The English Civil War has become a frequent point of reference in contemporary British political debate. A bitter and bloody series of conflicts, it shook the very foundations of seventeenth-century Britain. This book is the first attempt to portray the visual legacy of this period, as passed down, revisited, and periodically reworked over two and a half centuries of subsequent English history. Highly regarded art historian Stephen Bann deftly interprets the mass of visual evidence accessible today, from ornate tombs and statues to surviving sites of vandalism and iconoclasm, public signage, and historical paintings of human subjects, events, and places. Through these important scenes and sometimes barely perceptible traces, Bann shows how the British view of the War has been influenced and transformed by visual imagery.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781789142662
- 1789142660
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