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The Image of Antiquity : Ancient Britain and the Romantic Imagination (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis)
The Image of Antiquity Ancient Britain and the Romantic Imagination - Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis
Author: Sam Smiles
This book is the first to examine the ways in which eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British artists portrayed the archaic past. Sam Smiles argues that ancient Britain was variously seen as a noble epoch of wisdom and patriotism and as a period of savagery and barbarism, and that these representations changed over time to suit current politica...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300058147
ISBN-10: 0300058144
Publication Date: 9/10/1994
Pages: 262
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Publisher: Paul Mellon Center BA
Book Type: Hardcover
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