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The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation through its Portraits
Simon Schama
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Description for The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation through its Portraits
Hardcover. Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC TV series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition In the age of the hasty glance and the selfie, Simon Schama has built from the nation's portraits a collective picture of Britain, our past and our present. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACX; AGHF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1512.
Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Othello in the nineteenth century; the poet-artist Rossetti trying to capture on canvas what he couldn't possess in life; a surgeon-artist making studies of wounded faces brought in from the Battle of the Somme; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. In the age of the hasty ... Read more
Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Othello in the nineteenth century; the poet-artist Rossetti trying to capture on canvas what he couldn't possess in life; a surgeon-artist making studies of wounded faces brought in from the Battle of the Somme; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. In the age of the hasty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Viking
Condition
New
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780670922291
SKU
V9780670922291
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99-2
About Simon Schama
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and the prize-winning author of seventeen books, including The Embarrassment of Riches, Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, the History of Britain trilogy and The Story of the Jews. He is a contributing editor of the Financial Times and his award-winning television work as writer and presenter ... Read more
Reviews for The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation through its Portraits
Schama's greatest gift is a sure eye for an extraordinary story...This isn't what you get from conventional historians or conventional art writers, more's the pity...Schama has written books which will still be bought and talked about a century from now and he hasn't lost an ounce of zest or intelligence. Damn him...
Andrew Marr
Prospect
He knows ... Read more
Andrew Marr
Prospect
He knows ... Read more