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Public Sculpture of Edinburgh : Old & New Town, Leith & Suburbs (2 Vols)
Public Sculpture of Edinburgh : Old & New Town, Leith & Suburbs (2 Vols)
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Public Sculpture of Edinburgh
Volume I : The Old Town and South Edinburgh
Volume 2 : The New Town, Leith and the Outer Suburbs
By Ray MacKenzie, with research by Dianne King and Tracy Smith
Published by Liverpool University Press, 2018. Two Volumes. Softcoverbooks. 506 and 549 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout both volumes.
CONDITION
A very clean copy of both volumes with no writing, names or marks. Overall very good.
ABOUT HIS BOOK
This is the 20th & 21st volumes in the Public Sculpture of Britain series, the ambitious collaboration between Liverpool University Press and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association that will eventually document the outdoor sculptural heritage of the whole of the UK. Public sculpture is defined in this context as any work of three-dimensional art located in an unregulated public space, typically consisting of free-standing commemorative monuments, architectural carvings and statues attached to buildings, and contemporary site-specific interventions. A subject that was until recently overlooked as a matter of marginal relevance to the history of art, public sculpture has been shown through the Liverpool University Press series to offer a range of important insights into the built environment, enriching our understanding of architecture and city planning, and raising many challenging issues relating to the development of society as a whole. This is nowhere better illustrated than in Edinburgh, where the richness of its history as a capital city, and the dramatic power of its urban topography, have combined to create a uniquely fertile breeding ground for public sculpture of every kind. With the coverage divided between two companion volumes, the study begins appropriately with the historic Old Town, and the various suburbs extending from it to the south.
Volume I : The Old Town and South Edinburgh
Volume 2 : The New Town, Leith and the Outer Suburbs
By Ray MacKenzie, with research by Dianne King and Tracy Smith
Published by Liverpool University Press, 2018. Two Volumes. Softcoverbooks. 506 and 549 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout both volumes.
CONDITION
A very clean copy of both volumes with no writing, names or marks. Overall very good.
ABOUT HIS BOOK
This is the 20th & 21st volumes in the Public Sculpture of Britain series, the ambitious collaboration between Liverpool University Press and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association that will eventually document the outdoor sculptural heritage of the whole of the UK. Public sculpture is defined in this context as any work of three-dimensional art located in an unregulated public space, typically consisting of free-standing commemorative monuments, architectural carvings and statues attached to buildings, and contemporary site-specific interventions. A subject that was until recently overlooked as a matter of marginal relevance to the history of art, public sculpture has been shown through the Liverpool University Press series to offer a range of important insights into the built environment, enriching our understanding of architecture and city planning, and raising many challenging issues relating to the development of society as a whole. This is nowhere better illustrated than in Edinburgh, where the richness of its history as a capital city, and the dramatic power of its urban topography, have combined to create a uniquely fertile breeding ground for public sculpture of every kind. With the coverage divided between two companion volumes, the study begins appropriately with the historic Old Town, and the various suburbs extending from it to the south.
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