TY - GEN T1 - Alan Sorrell. The man who created Roman Britain A1 - Sorrell, Julia A2 - Sorrell, Mark LA - English PP - Oxford PB - Oxbow Books YR - 2018 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1029872741 AB - Alan Sorrell's archaeological reconstruction drawings and paintings remain some of the best, most accurate and most accomplished paintings of their genre that continue to inform our understanding and appreciation of historic buildings and monuments in Europe, the Near East and throughout the UK. His famously stormy and smoky townscapes, especially those of Roman Britain, were based on meticulous attention to detail borne of detailed research in collaboration with archaeologists such as Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Cyril Fox and Sir Barry Cunliffe, who excavated and recorded his subjects of interest. Many of his reconstructions were commissioned to accompany visitor information and guidebooks at historic sites and monuments where they continue to be displayed. But archaeological subjects were not his only interest. His output was prodigious: he painted murals, portraits, imaginative and romantic scenes and was an accomplished war artist, serving in the RAF in World War II. In this affectionate but objective account, Sorrell's children, both also artists, present a brief pictorial biography followed by more detailed descriptions of the genesis, research and production of illustrations that demonstrate the artist's integrity and vision, based largely on family archives and illustrated throughout with Sorrell's own works. So influential were Sorrell's images of Roman towns such as London, Colchester, Wroxeter, St Albans and Bath, buildings such as the Heathrow temple and the forts of Hadrian's Wall, that he became known as the man who invented Roman Britain. OP - 192 CN - ND497.S73155 SN - 9781785707414 SN - 1785707418 SN - 9781785707438 SN - 1785707434 SN - 9781785707407 SN - 178570740X SN - 9781785707421 KW - Sorrell, Alan : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Sorrell, Alan : Illustrations. KW - Sorrell, Alan KW - Archaeological illustration : Great Britain. KW - Painters : England : Biography. KW - Illustrators : England : Biography. KW - Romans in art. KW - Great Britain : Antiquities, Roman : Illustrations. KW - Illustration archéologique : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Peintres : Angleterre : Biographies. KW - Illustrateurs : Angleterre : Biographies. KW - ART : Techniques : Drawing. KW - ART : General. KW - Archaeological illustration KW - Classical antiquities KW - Illustrators KW - Painters KW - Romans in art KW - England KW - Great Britain KW - Biographies KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Illustrated works ER -