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War memorials are a feature of Britain's landscape, often taken for granted, and part of the fabric of its history as a nation. The Imperial War Museum's National Inventory has sixty thousand war memorials spanning two millennia. They include works of art and the artless, the sacred and the secular, vernacular and abstract forms, all redolent with symbolism ancient and modern. The examples shown here are an eclectic mix with, perhaps, a few surprises. They are intended as a tribute to the victims of war and as tangible reminders of significant events, deserving remembrance and necessitating their conservation as part of the national heritage.
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War Memorials in Britain, Jim Corke
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- 2008
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- Title
- War Memorials in Britain
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jim Corke
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 64
- ISBN10
- 0747806268
- ISBN13
- 9780747806264
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Architecture, Architecture & Urbanism, Military History
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- War memorials are a feature of Britain's landscape, often taken for granted, and part of the fabric of its history as a nation. The Imperial War Museum's National Inventory has sixty thousand war memorials spanning two millennia. They include works of art and the artless, the sacred and the secular, vernacular and abstract forms, all redolent with symbolism ancient and modern. The examples shown here are an eclectic mix with, perhaps, a few surprises. They are intended as a tribute to the victims of war and as tangible reminders of significant events, deserving remembrance and necessitating their conservation as part of the national heritage.