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Learning object
British topography: ‘Our real national art form’?
Felicity Myrone explores how topographical art has been defined and categorised since the 18th century – by artists, critics, art historians and collectors.Myrone, Felicity
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Journal article
Response to Alexandra Harris, 'Landscape Now'
Alex invites us to join in a conversation about “the place of art, and the history of art, in national understandings of landscape now”. She notes that over the last twenty years there has been an upsurge in interest in writing about nature, place, and environment not seen since the...Myrone, Felicity
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Database
Siddham: the South Asia Inscriptions Database
The Siddham database is a resource for the study of inscriptions from South and Central Asia. The project focuses on the period of the Guptas (circa 320 to 550), a pivotal moment in the history of Asia, marked by an astonishing florescence in every field of endeavour. The Gupta kingdom...Rees, Gethin ; van Schaik, Sam ; Balogh, Danièl
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Abstract
Uncertain Date, Uncertain Place: Interpreting the History of Jewish Communities in the Byzantine Empire using GIS
The presentation will address the problem of how to display uncertain historical data in a web-based Geographical Information System (GIS). In recent years the use of internet GIS has allowed the general public to access large volumes of spatial data. Although GIS has been applied in specific areas of academic...Rees, Gethin
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Book chapter
Rivers, Valleys, Plains and the Distribution of the Rock-cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats
This article provides an introduction to Buddhist monasteries situated in the Western Ghats Mountains and on the Konkan Coast. These monasteries took the form of caves that were cut between 200 BC and AD 500 approximately. The caves provided shelter for monastic communities, housing activities such as meditation, eating and...Rees, Gethin