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The author of this book sets out to investigate two fundamental issues: how was the remote past of Britain imagined in the 18th and 19th centuries and what part did visual arts play in the process?

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The domain of prehistory; the past and its meanings; Northern heroes and national identity; the bards of Britain; the Druids; ancestors and others - the origins of England; the image of the Briton; the megalithic landscape; garden design and the prehistoric past.

Images of Antiquity Ancient Britain the

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 10/09/1994
      ISBN13: 9780300058147, 978-0300058147
      ISBN10: 0300058144
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author of this book sets out to investigate two fundamental issues: how was the remote past of Britain imagined in the 18th and 19th centuries and what part did visual arts play in the process?

      Table of Contents
      The domain of prehistory; the past and its meanings; Northern heroes and national identity; the bards of Britain; the Druids; ancestors and others - the origins of England; the image of the Briton; the megalithic landscape; garden design and the prehistoric past.

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