The Immortals: London's Finest Statues
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London's streets, squares, and parks are home to some of the world's most powerful works of public sculpture — and The Immortals: London's Finest Statues brings these stone and bronze giants magnificently to life. Photographer Joe Whitlock Blundell's lens captures London's most celebrated statues in stunning, atmospheric detail, while writer Roger Hudson provides the rich contextual narrative that animates each figure, chronicling the stories of the kings, generals, poets, and visionaries immortalised in stone across the capital. Published by The Folio Society in 1998, this sumptuously produced volume presents a compelling intersection of art history, biography, and urban geography. Hudson's authoritative text argues that these sculptures are far more than civic decoration — they are frozen moments of national memory, each one a portrait of the values, conflicts, and aspirations of the era that created it. Together, Blundell and Hudson illuminate a city within a city, an open-air gallery hiding in plain sight, and leave the reader wondering just how many immortals they have walked past without a second glance.
Author: Joe Whitlock Blundell & Roger Hudson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1998, The Folio Society
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
London's streets, squares, and parks are home to some of the world's most powerful works of public sculpture — and The Immortals: London's Finest Statues brings these stone and bronze giants magnificently to life. Photographer Joe Whitlock Blundell's lens captures London's most celebrated statues in stunning, atmospheric detail, while writer Roger Hudson provides the rich contextual narrative that animates each figure, chronicling the stories of the kings, generals, poets, and visionaries immortalised in stone across the capital. Published by The Folio Society in 1998, this sumptuously produced volume presents a compelling intersection of art history, biography, and urban geography. Hudson's authoritative text argues that these sculptures are far more than civic decoration — they are frozen moments of national memory, each one a portrait of the values, conflicts, and aspirations of the era that created it. Together, Blundell and Hudson illuminate a city within a city, an open-air gallery hiding in plain sight, and leave the reader wondering just how many immortals they have walked past without a second glance.