DOI issue:
No. 82 (December, 1903)
DOI article:Browne, G. Ulick: Some remarks on the work of S. Pepys Cockerell
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26230#0140
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called, is evidently derived from Greek Art in the
irrst place, and then from the Renaissance.
As an example of the foregoing very brief and
meagre remarks the mural monument in the church
at Hasiemere, Surrey, may be cited. The cairn,
beautifui expression on the faces, and the ftoating
attitudes of the figures of the angeis, convey a
deeply rehgious and reverentia! feeiing—the rigid
folds of the draperies, being hard and sharp after
the nranner of Mino da Fiesoie, give an idea of
severity; while the whole effect, suggesting, as it
does, rest, peace, and faith,* without being sombre
or heavy, is singularly beautifui and rehned both
in design and treatment.
Moreover, the laws of dynamics are not over-
MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF S. PEPYS COCKERELL
BY ONSLOW FORD, R.A.
looked or outraged, as is fre-
quently the case in similar
instances. The scrolls at the
ends of the large, heavy slab
which bears the inscription
serve the purpose of handles,
and give the idea that the
weight can thereby be easily
supported.
The full-sized plaster cast of
this monument was exhibited
at the Royal Academy this
year.
In the drawing room at
Tythe Hill, Hasiemere is a
ceiling divided into panels sur-
rounded by arabesques. These
panels, numbering in all ten,
are by Pepys Cockerell. They
are in bas-relief. That in
the centre represents the four
seasons — four female " mres
circling round each other, de-
picting by draperies, fruits, and
other accessories the times and
seasons of the year, and their
products. The other panels
contain similar groups of two or
single Hgures, and all give an
idea of sweeping, graceful move-
ment without being hdgety or
" busy." Over a bay window is
a very pleasing design of Venus
119
"CUPID SEATED ON A HARE
BY S. PEPYS COCKERELL
called, is evidently derived from Greek Art in the
irrst place, and then from the Renaissance.
As an example of the foregoing very brief and
meagre remarks the mural monument in the church
at Hasiemere, Surrey, may be cited. The cairn,
beautifui expression on the faces, and the ftoating
attitudes of the figures of the angeis, convey a
deeply rehgious and reverentia! feeiing—the rigid
folds of the draperies, being hard and sharp after
the nranner of Mino da Fiesoie, give an idea of
severity; while the whole effect, suggesting, as it
does, rest, peace, and faith,* without being sombre
or heavy, is singularly beautifui and rehned both
in design and treatment.
Moreover, the laws of dynamics are not over-
MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF S. PEPYS COCKERELL
BY ONSLOW FORD, R.A.
looked or outraged, as is fre-
quently the case in similar
instances. The scrolls at the
ends of the large, heavy slab
which bears the inscription
serve the purpose of handles,
and give the idea that the
weight can thereby be easily
supported.
The full-sized plaster cast of
this monument was exhibited
at the Royal Academy this
year.
In the drawing room at
Tythe Hill, Hasiemere is a
ceiling divided into panels sur-
rounded by arabesques. These
panels, numbering in all ten,
are by Pepys Cockerell. They
are in bas-relief. That in
the centre represents the four
seasons — four female " mres
circling round each other, de-
picting by draperies, fruits, and
other accessories the times and
seasons of the year, and their
products. The other panels
contain similar groups of two or
single Hgures, and all give an
idea of sweeping, graceful move-
ment without being hdgety or
" busy." Over a bay window is
a very pleasing design of Venus
119
"CUPID SEATED ON A HARE
BY S. PEPYS COCKERELL