6 Art and Architecture
74231 SKIPTON THROUGH TIME by Ken Ellwood Skipton is the gateway to the Dales and its magnificent castle played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses, when Skipton was a Lancastrian stronghold in the heart of Yorkshire. This collection of old and new photos reveals a bustling and prosperous market town, with thriving shops, restaurants and pubs. The High Street with its
distinctive vista down to the tower of the parish church appears in numerous photos, from a postcard of 1900 with the road full of agricultural carts to a modern snap of the street jammed with cars and full of market stalls. A photo of the same scene just after World War II shows an old man leisurely crossing the street with no sense of threat from one or two box-shaped vehicles. Queen Mary visited in 1930 and, behind the patriotic crowd, Whitaker’s Cafe can clearly be seen, a landmark which, like the Craven Herald offices, survives to the present day. Another photo shows the long-established Waterfall’s stationery shop, now W. H. Smith. A vista of Gargrave Road from the early 1900s includes a boy up a gas lamppost, while Sheep Street and Water Street are pictured then and now, demonstrating all the changes that have taken place over the years. There are several photos of the devastating flood of 1979. 96pp, paperback, almost 200 photos in sepia and colour. £12.99 NOW £5
71802 LOST LONDON by Richard Guard
London has been inhabited for 2,000 years. Here are buried rivers, demolished landmarks, long- shut tube stations, overgrown cemeteries, underground Roman streets, abandoned bunkers and tunnels, demolished churches and long-defunct pleasures - places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Discover masquerades at Ranelagh
Gardens, Chelsea, decapitated heads displayed on London Bridge, the illicit Horn Fair at Charlton, marriages at Fleet, Chippendale’s workshop at Covent Garden, the Chelsea Bun House, Bartholomew Fair and the first art book shop on the Strand, Ackerman’s which was the first to be lit by gas. Lovely woodcuts, 192pp. £9.99 NOW £5
72081 ENGLAND MY ENGLAND: A Treasury of
All Things English by Gerry Hanson The author has unearthed a treasure trove of poets and writers across the centuries, but he does not end there. Readers are also treated to a wealth of speeches and articles, from the historical to the more tongue-in-cheek and satirical, created by such different personalities as Alan Coren, Jeremy Paxman, John Mortimer and Ian Hislop himself. Enormously entertaining and eclectic. 224 pages with line drawings and list of useful addresses.
£9.99 NOW £4.50 72092 NATION’S FAVOURITE: The UK’s Best-
Loved Things by Mathew Clayton Musicals, musical films, moustache-wearing British men, popping bubble wrap and the cold side of the pillow, guitar riffs, fortified wines, first dances at weddings, desert island tracks, curries, comedians, top 100 of classical music pieces, the nation’s favourite race horses, railway stations, TV theme tunes, TV dogs, novels and many more. 195 pages. £8.99 NOW £1.50
72123 LYTTLETON’S BRITAIN by Iain Pattinson
The ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ team in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, began recording their popular BBC Radio show in 1971. At each venue Humph would present a short history of the location, written by Iain Pattinson, to the mutual delight of the audience, the team and their delightful scorer Samantha. From Greenwich and Covent Garden to Southsea, Stoke-on-Trent and Chester, Belfast and Wales, here are great vignettes and useless information, photos and maps. 224pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3
72214 DISCOVERING THE RIDGEWAY by Howard Clarke and Vera Burden Originally designated as an 85 mile national trail for walkers along the Wessex Downs and Chiltern Hills, the Ridgeway runs from near Avebury in Wiltshire to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. In this new edition revised by Howard Clarke, the route is described twice, once in each direction, just a section of it, for a week, a day or just for an hour. A. C. Fraser comments on the natural history. Public transport, maps and photos. 80 page paperback. £4.99 NOW £2.50
72227 VISIONS OF ENGLAND by Roy Strong Here Sir Roy Strong shows how, rather than depicting reality, art and literature have ennobled and immortalised reality in a way which has directly affected how we see ourselves; thus we see Suffolk through the art of Constable, the Lake District in the poetry of Wordsworth and the English country house emerges from the novels of Evelyn Waugh. A love of nature and gardening, a celebration of the writing of Shakespeare, the paintings of Turner and the music of Elgar. 229pp, colour and b/w photos and artwork. £17.99 NOW £6
72259 NEVER EAT SHREDDED WHEAT: The Geography We’ve Lost and How to Find It by Christopher Somerville
Beginning with the basics of the country’s layout and a quick look at the land and borders of the four home nations, we move onto 21 essential cities, the watery bits, the coasts and islands and 100 essential landmarks. There is also a rather useful A-Z of geographical and geological terms a 200 question (with answers) pub quiz section at the end all with a huge dollop of humour. 230pp paperback, cartoons. £8.99 NOW £3.50
72732 MOST AMAZING ROYAL PLACES IN BRITAIN The Palaces, Battlefields and Secret Retreats of Britain’s Kings
and Queens edited by Jo Bourne et al A regional guide to the great estates, historic houses and special places made famous by the monarchs of England, Scotland and Wales, over 400 sites. They range from the White Tower, built by William the Conqueror to somewhat more humble White Eagle pub at Rhoscolyn on Anglesey. Each entry has directions and postcodes for satnavs and there is a full description and potted history featuring all the important facts, figures and people. There is a Taj Mahal-style image of the interior of Salisbury Cathedral with the reflective water provided by the font, the most famous pair of wellies in the world (the Duke’s) at Walmer Castle. 223pp softback. £14.99 NOW £5
72898 500 HISTORIC DAYS OUT by AA Publishing
Arranged geographically around England, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Scotland and the Scottish islands, Wales, Northern and Southern Ireland, here are steam railways, museums, stately homes, megalithic sites and other attractions. The Gallery of Costume in Manchester is free as is the Gloucester Folk Museum and the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, but others make small charges. With full contact details including e-mail addresses, opening times and prices, disabled access and other facilities. Softback, 256pp. £4.99 NOW £1.75
73063 CROSS COUNTRY: English Buildings and
Landscape from Countryside to Coast by Peter Ashley
Here are abandoned Cornish tin-mines above tide- washed caves, Norfolk boat sheds leaning crazily over salt marshes, Romney Marsh shepherds’ houses hidden behind roadside willows, a sheep-wash in the Cotswolds and a disused petrol pump in Herefordshire. Throughout, the wry commentary and superbly unusual pictures allow us to rediscover and delight in what we may have deemed to be familiar territory. 240 pages 25cm x 19.5cm, colour photos and maps. £24.99 NOW £6.50
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
I am not strange, I am just not normal. - Salvador Dalí
73895 PRINTING TYPES: Their History,
Forms and Use: Two Volume Set by Daniel Berkeley Updike
Daniel Berkeley Updike was a distinguished printer by trade and founder of the prestigious Merrymount Press in Boston where he was recognised widely as setting new standards in printing and book design. His deep interest in the history of typography became a lifelong passion. His singular work, ‘Printing Types’ (which has been revised and expanded three times), became his great statement and philosophy on typographical history. The work quickly became a bible to professional typographers and a recognised classic in the field. This two volume edition of the study of typography traces the development of design over the past five centuries, and discusses the lessons they hold for today’s designers. The 367 illustrations represent the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers. In volume one Mr Updike discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of printing, the cutting and casting of types, 15th century types in Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and England and then describes American types and the 19th century types in general. Volume two continues the discussion beginning in the 19th century in the Netherlands, Spain and England. This two volume paperback set of Updike’s monumental work is a landmark in the history of the graphic arts. It belongs in the library of all serious typographers, bibliophiles and those interested in the history of printing and book arts. Oak Knoll Press, the British Library 2001 4th edition, expanded. Special import set of two paperbacks. $49.95 NOW £15
74243 BIRTH OF IMPRESSIONISM:
Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay
curated by Guy Cogeval et al Focusing on the tumultuous period of the 1860s and 1870s, when social and political events in France influenced and were reflected in the art and politics of the state-run
Salon, here are more than 100 canvases by famous masters that provide an overview of the contentious artistic community that gave rise to the innovators of the ‘New Painting’. In addition to providing a wonderful survey of Impressionism, this volume guides visitors through the world of the Paris Salon, the exhibition venue of choice and necessity for aspiring artists of the period. The evolution of the Impressionist style is traced via seminal works of the era, providing an unparalleled visual experience - only possible when the most important repository of 19th century French art opens its vaults. This comprehensive book presents the sources, the birth and the transformations of Impressionism around 1874, the date of the inaugural exhibition of the group that included Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pissarro and Renoir. It recalls the influence of Spanish art, the part played by the École des Batignolles and the legacy of Courbet and Millet. As well as the terrific paintings, there is a short history of the Musée d’Orsay and knowledgeable articles on, for instance, the new painting and rationalist architecture in 19th century Paris, and Manet’s role as the fulcrum between the old guard and the new. Each of the principal Impressionists is represented by many beloved favourites: Monet’s Gare Saint-Lazare, Pissarro’s Red
Roofs, Sisley’s Snow at Louveciennes, Cézanne’s Gulf of Marseille and Renoir’s The Swing. A book to keep and pass on to your heirs. 255 paperback pages 29cm x 25.5cm with reproductions in colour. £34.95 NOW £12.50
74241 THE ADAM BROTHERS IN ROME: Drawings from the Grand Tour by A. A. Tait
Robert and James Adam dominated British architecture for the second half of the 18th century. The key period in the development of the Adam style was their time as Grand Tourists in Italy, when they
amassed a vast collection of paintings and drawings. After being sold, the drawings were eventually acquired by Sir John Soane for his new Museum in London. They, together with the brothers’ intriguing letters, and James’ journal, make up a remarkable set of documents for anyone interested in architecture, Italy and the 18th century. This unique book describes their aspirations and achievements while making their Grand Tours. It was James, during his four years in Italy, who put together an outstanding collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture and who arranged the purchase of the huge Albani collection for George III. The way in which the brothers composed their architecture, and even the manner in which they drew in water colour and wash was matchless. When Soane acquired the Adam Collection with an eye to the education of future architects, he was well aware of this and, perceptively, saw it in the same way as Robert Adam himself: ‘…the whole Soul, Body and Guts’ of the brothers’ architecture. Here are fluted pilasters, Corinthian capitals, porticoes, friezes, coffered ceilings, plans, façades and relief panels galore - enough to satisfy any student or lover of architecture. 160 softback pages 28cm x 23cm illustrated in watercolour and wash, sepia/w and b/w. $49.95 NOW £10
74003 GAUGUIN CÉZANNE MATISSE: Visions of
Arcadia by Joseph J. Rishel The notion of a golden age set in an earthly paradise has long kindled the human imagination. Virgil, in his Eclogues which were set in the valley of Arcadia in ancient Greece, envisioned such a playground of bucolic pleasures - erotic yet
unsullied. His poems defined for Western art and literature a theme that continues to this day. The resonance of this enduring topic for European painters around 1900 is the subject of a superbly illustrated catalogue. It focuses on three monumental paintings - Paul Gauguin’s Where Do We Come From? painted in 1897-8, Paul Cézanne’s Large Bathers (1900-1906) and Henri Matisse’s Bathers By A River (1909- 1913, 1916- 17). Cézanne’s Large Bathers in particular had a profound impact on the European avant-garde during the period of creative ferment that took place in the first two decades of the 20th century. When it was exhibited in 1907, a year after the artist’s death, its reception quite literally altered the course of modern art. Why did the subject of figures in an idealized landscape hold such fascination for the generation of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Pablo Picasso and Robert Delaunay - to name but a few who were influenced by it? This comprehensive volume will go some way to elucidating. Masterpieces by Nicolas Poussin and Jean-Baptiste- Camille Corot also serve as examples of the high value given to Arcadia in the history of French painting. These are joined by major works from the likes of Henri Rousseau and Paul Signac. Chef d’oeuvres by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc and Natalia Sergeyevna Goncharova suggest that this subject was not adopted only within the French canon. Essays by distinguished scholars, linking all the strands, enhance readers’ enjoyment of the enchanting pictures. 243 pages 31cm x 25cm with plates in faithful colour, essays by five art experts, gatefold and checklist of the exhibition. $40 NOW £19
73956 GAUGUIN: Maker of Myth by Tate Modern, London
Huge paperback exhibition catalogue from January 2011 navigating the myth behind Paul Gauguin, his identity, his knack of making the familiar strange, landscape and rural narrative, sacred themes, fictions of femininity, allusive and elusive titles, and as a teller of tales about earthly paradise. Contributors include Belinda Thomson, Tamar Garb on Martinique, Linda Goddard on the ‘Myth of the Primitive’, Gauguin’s politics, portrait of the artist as Mohican and exoticism, finishing with ‘A Very British Reception’ by Amy Dickson. This major re-evaluation presents the artist and his work in an entirely new light. The vivid, naturalistic colours and bold outlines of Gauguin’s paintings, and the strong, semi-abstract qualities of his woodcuts had a profound effect on the development of 20th century art. One of the most important artists behind European modernism, while modern art largely rejected narrative, for Gauguin it remained central. This is the first book to fully examine his use of stories and myths to give powerful narrative attention to his paintings. He was deeply immersed in world art and a great reader of Polynesian stories and myths. More than 200 museum-quality reproductions of paintings, works on paper, ceramics, wood carvings and writings including his beautifully illustrated letters and books. With list of exhibited works, 256pp in huge paperback, colour.
$35 NOW £10
74255 LIAONING MUSEUM Editor in Chief Ma Baojie,
English translation by Alastair Morrison The Liaoning Provincial Museum houses one of China’s top-ranking collections containing 120,000 objects, 10,000 of which are precious masterpieces. The building, which symbolises the jade ‘pig dragon’ of the Neolithic Hongshan Culture, covers 30,000 square metres, with 13 galleries spread over three floors. This huge, awe-inspiring collection reflects the achievements of Chinese culture and art over 5,000 years, and provides a rich resource for studying its legacy. The most significant of these pieces include calligraphy and painting from the Jin, Tang, Song and Huan periods, particularly paintings removed from the Forbidden City by the last Qing emperor Puyi. There are breathtaking rare silk tapestries and embroidery from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and Hongshan Culture jade. The Shang and Zhou bronzes are outstanding in quality and scope, some of them handed down the generations, like the set of musical bells of the Northern Song and the ‘pulling daggers’ and short swords. Other treasures are the Liao ceramics, lacquer and enamel ware, stele and grave tablets from all periods, delicate bamboo, wood and ivory carvings, Ming and Quin prints, and historical maps. In addition to these riches there are items typical of the nomadic culture of the steppe, such as horse tack, gold and silver artefacts and coins dating from all periods. What is so impressive about the photographs in this volume - apart from the age and beauty of the objects - is the almost three-dimensional detail that leaps out of the page. Just one example is the stunning long dish with three-coloured peony, pair of butterflies and begonia that engender the illusion that readers could pick them up. 256 softback pages 27cm x 19cm photographed in glorious colour, 2009.
$35 NOW £10
73938 CELTIC DESIGN: Maze Patterns by Aidan Meehan
Celtic mazes are straight-lined spiral patterns from Celtic art about 650AD when they began to appear in manuscripts, on sculptured stones and metalwork. The designs published here are mostly easy enough for first timers to reproduce and are a matter of connecting the
dots. We are shown how they may be interpreted as a species of maze symbol, rich in myth and history, full of meaning and magic. When James Romilly Allen first analysed these patterns in 1885 he noted that they tend to be laid out in a diamond celled grid fitted into a rectangular frame from which then cuts the grid into half cells at the edges. Quite beautiful to look at, the text is in a hand-written calligraphy and covers designs from Scotland, Wales, the Greeks, the Camonica Valley Maze and many more examples. The patterns can be drawn freehand and the method is described here as used by the ancient masters. 200 illus. 160 page Thames & Hudson paperback. ONLY £3.50
73954 FOLK ART FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN
BRITAIN by Laura Beresford Housed in Claverton Manor on the outskirts of Bath, the American Museum in Britain opened to the public in July 1961 and showcases the decorative arts of America. The collection consists of furniture from the late 17th to mid 19th centuries, Renaissance maps illustrating the
New World, folk art paintings, sculptures and textiles. Inspired by historic house and ‘living history’ museums, the rooms are predominantly arranged in chronological order to represent the furniture and furnishings of a particular period. Panelling and floors from demolished buildings in America have been lovingly reconstructed along the lines of founders John Judkyn (1913-63), a British born antiques dealer who had become a US citizen and Dr Dallas Pratt, an American psychiatrist and collector. The folk art collection alone includes over 200 stunning colourful American quilts, 40 canvas paintings from the early 19th century, 30 Santos and scrimshaw signed by Frederick Myrick and large sculptured pieces such as a Cigar Store ‘Indian’ and a ship’s figurehead depicting a Mohawk warrior, gilded metal weathervanes in the guise of Native American bowmen, a late 19th century carousel giraffe and a carved eagle. The portraits are especially popular by artists like John Brewster Jnr. and Ammi Phillips. This very large format 128 page paperback is a Scala first edition, 2011, which uses full page colour photos, close-up details of exhibits from many different angles and a full explanation to give us the benefit of expert advice. £19.95 NOW £8.50
73980 PATTERNS AND ORNAMENTS OF THE 19TH
CENTURY: Book and CD by The Pepin Press Wrought ironwork from gates, filigreed patterns, ornamentation, scrollwork, wallpaper patterns, statuary, decorative ornamentation from furniture, books, even door
handles, swords, spoons, trays, jugs, the vast array of beautiful images in this book are stored on the accompanying CD and can be used for inspiration or as a design resource. The files are sufficiently large for most applications and the file names correspond with the page or image numbers of the book. These images are
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