- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrated (3 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007122306
- ISBN-13: 978-0007122301
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 852,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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CASTLES & CATHEDRALS is a compilation of 100 vertical aerial photographs of Britain's most noteworthy religious and military edifices, taken from the Millennium Map.
Tintagel Castle, legendary seat of King Arthur; Castle Drogo, a 20th century castle built by Lutyens; Alnwick Castle, the Duke of Northumberland's fortress against the Scots; Harlech Castle, whose resistance under siege inspired the song 'Men of Harlech'; Glamis Castle, birthplace of the Queen Mother; Durham Castle and Cathedral, sited on a spectacular bend in the River Wear; Ely Cathedral, soaring from the Fens; and St Paul's Cathedral, with its unmistakable dome… CASTLES & CATHEDRALS brings a surprising new angle to places such as these, and many more.
ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM MAP
Still being created, the Millennium Map is a fascinating venture. Inspired by the Domesday Book, Tristram Cary and Joe Studholme of Getmapping.com commissioned four specially equipped aircraft to fly the length and breadth of the country in strips – rather like a lawnmower – each one carrying state-of-the-art camera equipment valued at £250,000. These planes are systematically taking vertical photographs of the whole of the United Kingdom from an average height of 5,500 feet, recording every object right down to a minimum size of 25cm.
So far over 30km of nine-inch-wide film has been taken. After processing, each photograph is scanned at high resolution, subsequently undergoing a process known as geo-correction, which removes distortions caused by the tilt of the aircraft and the contours of the ground; the individual files are then colour-balanced and spliced together to form a single map-accurate 'mosaic' of the entire country.
In what must be the ultimate endorsement of its national significance, Her Majesty the Queen is a private investor in The Millennium Map; and when completed, the map will provide a snapshot of life in the year 2000 as historically important as William the Conqueror's survey of 1086.
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Tintagel Castle, legendary seat of King Arthur; Castle Drogo, a 20th century castle built by Lutyens; Alnwick Castle, the Duke of Northumberland's fortress against the Scots; Harlech Castle, whose resistance under siege inspired the song 'Men of Harlech'; Glamis Castle, birthplace of the Queen Mother; Durham Castle and Cathedral, sited on a spectacular bend in the River Wear; Ely Cathedral, soaring from the Fens; and St Paul's Cathedral, with its unmistakable dome… CASTLES & CATHEDRALS brings a surprising new angle to places such as these, and many more.
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Format:Hardcover
I think these guys should stick to pictures! More on these particular pictures anon; the text accompanying them was disappointing- all too often merely a bald recitation of isolated facts, showing no appreciation of the importance or interest of the buildings depicted.
Furthermore, if it's an aerial picture that I'm looking at, I want the text to help me in that respect... being told that a cathedral contains a particular sculpture or painting is pretty low down my list of priorities when set alongside a picture of the exterior!
The pictures _were_ good, although I think I preferred the larger scale of the other Getmapping book I've bought ("Edinburgh- The Photographic Atlas", which was excellent). Perhaps aerial photography is better for landscape and context, rather then individual buildings.
Anyway, overall I guess I got my money-worth, but only just!
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