Lyrical and compelling, Spirit of Place examines the British landscape as it’s portrayed in literature and art.

English landscape painting is often said to be an eighteenth-century invention, yet when we look for representations of the countryside in British art and literature, we find a story that begins with Old English poetry and winds its way through history, all the way up to the present day.

In Spirit of Place, Susan Owens illuminates how the British landscape has been framed, reimagined, and reshaped by generations of creative thinkers. To offer a panoramic view of the countryside throughout history, Owens dives into the work of writers and artists from Bede and the Gawain Poet to Thomas Gainsborough, Jane Austen, J. M. W. Turner, and John Constable, and from Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth to Robert Macfarlane. Richly illustrated, including manuscript pages, early maps, paintings, film stills, and photographs, Spirit of Place is a compelling narrative of how we have been shown the British landscape.

80 illustrations

《精神家园》探讨了文学和艺术中描绘的英国的景观，富有诗意而引人入胜。

在《精神家园》中，苏珊•欧文斯（Susan Owens）阐释了几代富有创意的思想家如何构想，重新构想和重塑英国的景观。为了呈现有史以来的乡村全景，欧文斯对多位作家和艺术家的作品进行了深入研究，从比德和诗人高文到托马斯•盖恩斯伯勒，简•奥斯丁，约瑟夫•马洛德•威廉•透纳 (J. M. W. Turner)和约翰•康斯太勃尔，从保罗•纳什和芭芭拉•赫普沃斯到罗伯特•麦克法兰。《精神家园》以引人入胜的方式介绍了英国的景观是如何呈现在我们眼前的，包含手稿页，早期地图，绘画，电影剧照和照片，插图丰富多彩。