#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Liverpool

World film locations : Liverpool / edited by Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
ISBN 9781783200269
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Liverpool

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781783200269
Cita APA-7: Conolly, Jez & Whelan, Caroline (2013). World film locations: Liverpool. Intellect Books.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127579995

[.en] Outside of London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for other cities or acting as a version of its own past, Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop. From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Lumière brothers – Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination for years. 

Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome or Moscow, and sometimes playing itself – or a version of its own past in Beatles biopics – Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop that has attracted film-makers to its ports for decades. A place of passion, humour and pride, Liverpool evokes caverns and cathedrals, ferries and football grounds; it is a city so vivid we see it clearly even if we’ve never been there. From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Mitchell & Kenyon film company, the Lumière brothers and pioneering early cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene – who preserved the city, the river, the docks, the streets and the people, Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination. This collection celebrates that survival instinct and will be welcomed by enthusiasts of British cities, films and culture.

#books #architecture | Herbert Rowse

Herbert Rowse / Iain Jackson, Simon Pepper and Peter Richmond.
Swindon : Historic England, 2019.
XIV, 149 p. : il.
Serie: Twentieth Century Architects.
ISBN 9781848025493
/ EN / Libros / Herbert James Rowse / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Inglaterra / Liverpool
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72ROWSE HER
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1126770753

Herbert James Rowse (1887–1963) was an extraordinary architect who shaped the city of Liverpool with his array of exquisite buildings, plans, and infrastructure. Practicing in an eclectic manner that was influenced by American Beaux Arts and later using simpler geometries of monumental bare brick, his large body of work reveals a modernity that was concerned with luxurious materials, restrained but contemporary decoration and sculpture, and bold forms often with a sense of theatre and performance. His work has endured passing trends and fashions, retaining a seductive appeal and resonance with visitors and occupants alike, despite its often monumental massing and extraordinary scale.

This book aims to discern not only the architectural merits and advances of his work, but also their wider significance. Through Rowse’s work we gain a glimpse into some of the broader agendas of the time and place, not least through the corporate and banking commissions that accompanied the large docks and shipping firms in Liverpool, where Rowse produced some of his most distinctive work. In addition to these commercial ventures Rowse contributed to the post-war housing debates through his proposals that looked to rows of cottages set around village greens, rather than high-rise living.