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London's South Bank: The History

ISBN-13: 9780993361029
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
By Mireille Galinou
Price: AUD $84.99
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Local release date: 01/08/2023
Format: Paperback (250.00mm X 210.00mm) 584 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: History [HB]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: What if the South Bank, which already holds London’s centre of gravity, also held the city’s soul? London’s South Bank explores this theme by concentrating on the modern period – from 1600 to the present day. First it examines the social and topographical fabric by taking snapshots of the area under review at different historical periods – 1600, 1770, 1845, and now. This gazetteer, accompanied by reconstructions, maps and historical images, is a work of reference which underpins the book’s investigation. Each of the four neighbourhoods which make up the South Bank are scrutinised with the aim of discovering their character, all of which are surprisingly different. Finally, the last chapter maps out possible answers to the quest announced in the Prologue. The ‘Eye of London’ chapter at the beginning of the book, sets the tone of this volume; it investigates the key role played by the South Bank in creating an image for London – from the earliest sixteenth-century prospects in the hands of northern European artists to the work of contemporary artists, famous or little known. The volume never misses an opportunity to showcase the work of artists, old and new, who do so much to make us see and understand our city.; Mireille Galinou, an art and urban historian, is a graduate from Bordeaux University and Birkbeck College. She has spent nearly fifty years working on the subject of London – first as the art curator of the Museum of London, then as a freelance consultant and finally, since 2015, as a small independent publisher – Your London Publishing. She has written many books and articles including London in Paint, the Museum of London catalogue of paintings (with John Hayes, 1996); City Merchants and the Arts (as editor, 2004) and Cottages and Villas (Yale, 2010) which charted the birth of the garden suburb in London and won the John Brinckerhoff Jackson book prize (Society for Landscape Studies in New York). London’s South Bank is the third book on London suburbs published by Your London Publishing.; Google Preview content