书名：Southwold: An Earthly Paradise

作者：Geoffrey Munn

ISBN：9781851498550

出版社：ACC Art Books 

出版日期：2017.6.28

尺寸：24.49 x 2.59 x 28.09 cm

装帧：精装

页码：240

图幅数：200 color

内容简介：

绍斯沃德镇拥有特纳最优越的海景，美丽的渔民的家园，富有的维多利亚时代的顶级度假胜地，以及17世纪无情的猎巫场景。从圣埃德蒙时代，通过瘟疫、火灾和战争，到达米安·赫斯特的浮木创作，再到这个小镇将陷入大海的未来一天，这本书揭示了绍斯沃德镇的本质——部分神话，部分传奇。2017年版保留了关于Southwold过去一些著名的章节——例如英国历史上最激烈的战斗之一的Sole Bay战役。索尔湾战役于1672年与荷兰人作战，当代绘画和素描充分描述了血腥的对抗。其中最值得注意的新章节是关于富兰克林·卢辛顿和爱德华·李尔之间浪漫友谊的悲剧性解体的一章。杰弗里·蒙恩的《Southwold》是一部历史、一场庆祝活动和一首颂歌，将带你穿越这个你从未见过的著名的海滨度假胜地。

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"A glimpse into the exciting, and often tumultuous, history of a small seaside town

The inspiration behind William Morris's Earthly Paradise, the muse for J.M.W. Turner's superlative seascapes, a home to hardy fishermen and the top holidaying spot for wealthy Victorians, as well as the scene for relentless witch-hunts and mob justice in the 17th Century, Southwold is far more than a picturesque postcard town. From the time of Saint Edmund, through plagues, fire and wars, to Damien Hirst's driftwood creations, and the future day when this town will tumble into the sea, this book collects essays that reveal slivers of Southwold's essence. Some are part-myth, some part-legend. But all make for excellent stories, especially when complemented by beautiful art.

This 2017 edition keeps its celebrated essays on some of the more well-known aspects of Southwold's past - such as the Battle of Sole Bay, one of the fiercest fights in British history. The Battle of Sole Bay was fought against the Dutch in 1672, and the bloody confrontation is fully described and illustrated with contemporary paintings and drawings. In addition, the text contains updated text and pictures. Among the most notable of the new sections is the chapter regarding the tragic dissolution of the romantic friendship between Franklin Lushington and Edward Lear, writer of the nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussy Cat and the lesser-known (yet more autobiographical) The Daddy-Long-Legs and the Fly. Another remarkable addition is a page spread dedicated to the oil painting Tired Out by Philip Wilson Steer, which sold at Sotheby's for £674 500 in 2014.

A history, a celebration and an ode merged into one, Geoffrey Munn's Southwold will take you on a trip through this famous seaside resort, as you've never seen it before."