Isle Full of Noises - A Visual Journey Through England's Psychic Landscape (Ellcock Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Bestselling author and online curator Stephen Ellcock selects pivotal images from art, films and television to chart the weird and wildly generous and creative spirit of England as it has developed over several thousand years. This is a dream of England, a glimpse of what it has been and what it could be. Something we capture in fleeting glimpses, outside the everyday interactions, the politicking and the rhetoric. This book tries to piece it together, from the films, tv shows and art that we have made, and the stories and poems we have written. How do we relate to the land that we live on? What energy do we draw from it, perhaps unconsciously? And what can we learn from the past that we can apply now, to heal this country?
More than one hundred carefully selected images ranging from medieval psalters to contemporary television - plus accompanying text - show that English
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