DOI issue:
No. 154 (January, 1906)
DOI article:Reviews and notices
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20713#0392
Reviews
carrying on, as he has done, the traditions of Eng-
lish Pre-Raphaelism, and her work betrays the
strong influence he has exercised over the develop-
ment of her style. For all that, however, her
drawings are essentially original, full of imagination
and individual character. Some few of those in
the Tennyson, indeed, notably the St. Agnes Eve
and AEnone, suffer in general effect from the very
exuberance of the invention displayed in their
decorative setting, which is needlessly prominent.
On the other hand the greater number of the
interpretations, especially the Love and Duty, the
St. Clare, and the illustrations of the Princess, are
eminently satisfying, catching the very spirit of the
various poems.
Stained Glass Work. By C. W. Whall.
(London : John Hogg.) $s. net.—As explained
by the author of this valuable little volume, recently
added to the useful “ Artistic Crafts Series of
Technical Handbooks,” the art of stained glass,
though reaching to very high and great things, is
in its methods and processes a simple or at best
a very limited one; but at the same time the
principles of it touch the whole field of art.
On well-laid foundations he has built up a
complete summary of the principles as well as the
practice of the noble art of designing and executing
stained glass; and his well-chosen illustrations
include many fine examples of modern work,
notably the exquisite Babes in the Wood, a design
for domestic glass, by Miss M. J. Nevill.
The Drawings of Sir E.J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.
By Malcolm Bell. (London : George Newnes.)
7s. 6d. net.—A hearty welcome will, no doubt, be
accorded by the admirers of the work of the Presi-
dent of the Royal Academy to the excellent re-
productions of some of his drawings here given,
amongst which the most interesting are the various
studies for Storm Nymphs. They will scarcely,
however, appeal to so wide a public as did those
of Differ or of Burne-Jones, for they have neither
the virile force of the former nor the delicate grace
of the latter.
Impressions of Japan. By Geo. H. Rittner.
(London: John Murray.)—So many visitors to
Japan have recorded in book form their experi-
ences of that delightful country and people, that
the need for further “ impressions ” is not a great
one. The dense ignorance of the western world
upon things Japanese is still, however, so remark-
able that one more record of travel may do good
if the public can be induced to read it. Mr.
Rittner’s volume contains some very charming
photographs.
374
Complete Course of Free-Amu and Industrial
Drawing. By J. W. T. Vinall. (London: Blackie.)
12s. 6d. net.—In these days of mechanical aids to
education no teacher need fail of success with
pupils of ordinary intelligence, and the series of
plates included in Mr. Vinall’s very complete
drawing - course will, no doubt, hold its own
amongst its many competitors.
Duvals Artistic Anatomy. Edited by A. Mel-
ville Paterson, M.D. (London : Cassell.)
5L net.—As is well known this useful handbook
is an epitome of a course of lectures delivered at
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts intended for advanced
students who had already mastered the elementary
principles of anatomy. The reader is expected to
supplement the text for himself by examining and
manipulating the parts of the human skeleton
needful for the elucidation of the descriptions.
It is only necessary to add that the present
edition of a work long accepted as a standard has
been carefully brought into touch with modern
progress, and that many new original illustrations
have been secured.
Constable. By Sturge Henderson. (London:
Duckworth.) 7s. 6d. net.—Well written and well
illustrated, this new life of Constable would have
made its mark a quarter of a century ago ; but in
view of the many other able and complete bio-
graphies of the great landscape painter already in
print, it is to be feared that it will not attract the
attention it intrinsically deserves.
Old and New Architecture in Khiva, Bokhara,
and Turkestan. By O. Olufsen. (Copenhagen :
Gyldendalske Boghandel. London: Thomas
Tofts.) It would be difficult to over-estimate the
value of this finely-illustrated volume from the
pen of the accomplished expert who led the Danish
Pamir exploring expeditions of 1896, ’97, ’98, and
’99, and who may justly be said to have been a
pioneer in a comparatively unworked field. As the
guest of the Ameer of Bokhara and the Khan of
Khiva, Lieutenant Olufsen and his collaborators
had very special facilities for penetrating into dis-
tricts that are as a rule jealously closed to foreigners,
and they neglected no opportunity of taking
photographs and making sketches of typical
architecture, whilst they at the same time made
considerable art and ethnographical collections.
The Lieutenant dwells on the vast amount of
structural material in the shape of relics in the
earth and underground at the disposal of the
historian and archaeologist, and having succinctly
summed up the general characteristics of the
architecture of the countries visited, he describes
carrying on, as he has done, the traditions of Eng-
lish Pre-Raphaelism, and her work betrays the
strong influence he has exercised over the develop-
ment of her style. For all that, however, her
drawings are essentially original, full of imagination
and individual character. Some few of those in
the Tennyson, indeed, notably the St. Agnes Eve
and AEnone, suffer in general effect from the very
exuberance of the invention displayed in their
decorative setting, which is needlessly prominent.
On the other hand the greater number of the
interpretations, especially the Love and Duty, the
St. Clare, and the illustrations of the Princess, are
eminently satisfying, catching the very spirit of the
various poems.
Stained Glass Work. By C. W. Whall.
(London : John Hogg.) $s. net.—As explained
by the author of this valuable little volume, recently
added to the useful “ Artistic Crafts Series of
Technical Handbooks,” the art of stained glass,
though reaching to very high and great things, is
in its methods and processes a simple or at best
a very limited one; but at the same time the
principles of it touch the whole field of art.
On well-laid foundations he has built up a
complete summary of the principles as well as the
practice of the noble art of designing and executing
stained glass; and his well-chosen illustrations
include many fine examples of modern work,
notably the exquisite Babes in the Wood, a design
for domestic glass, by Miss M. J. Nevill.
The Drawings of Sir E.J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.
By Malcolm Bell. (London : George Newnes.)
7s. 6d. net.—A hearty welcome will, no doubt, be
accorded by the admirers of the work of the Presi-
dent of the Royal Academy to the excellent re-
productions of some of his drawings here given,
amongst which the most interesting are the various
studies for Storm Nymphs. They will scarcely,
however, appeal to so wide a public as did those
of Differ or of Burne-Jones, for they have neither
the virile force of the former nor the delicate grace
of the latter.
Impressions of Japan. By Geo. H. Rittner.
(London: John Murray.)—So many visitors to
Japan have recorded in book form their experi-
ences of that delightful country and people, that
the need for further “ impressions ” is not a great
one. The dense ignorance of the western world
upon things Japanese is still, however, so remark-
able that one more record of travel may do good
if the public can be induced to read it. Mr.
Rittner’s volume contains some very charming
photographs.
374
Complete Course of Free-Amu and Industrial
Drawing. By J. W. T. Vinall. (London: Blackie.)
12s. 6d. net.—In these days of mechanical aids to
education no teacher need fail of success with
pupils of ordinary intelligence, and the series of
plates included in Mr. Vinall’s very complete
drawing - course will, no doubt, hold its own
amongst its many competitors.
Duvals Artistic Anatomy. Edited by A. Mel-
ville Paterson, M.D. (London : Cassell.)
5L net.—As is well known this useful handbook
is an epitome of a course of lectures delivered at
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts intended for advanced
students who had already mastered the elementary
principles of anatomy. The reader is expected to
supplement the text for himself by examining and
manipulating the parts of the human skeleton
needful for the elucidation of the descriptions.
It is only necessary to add that the present
edition of a work long accepted as a standard has
been carefully brought into touch with modern
progress, and that many new original illustrations
have been secured.
Constable. By Sturge Henderson. (London:
Duckworth.) 7s. 6d. net.—Well written and well
illustrated, this new life of Constable would have
made its mark a quarter of a century ago ; but in
view of the many other able and complete bio-
graphies of the great landscape painter already in
print, it is to be feared that it will not attract the
attention it intrinsically deserves.
Old and New Architecture in Khiva, Bokhara,
and Turkestan. By O. Olufsen. (Copenhagen :
Gyldendalske Boghandel. London: Thomas
Tofts.) It would be difficult to over-estimate the
value of this finely-illustrated volume from the
pen of the accomplished expert who led the Danish
Pamir exploring expeditions of 1896, ’97, ’98, and
’99, and who may justly be said to have been a
pioneer in a comparatively unworked field. As the
guest of the Ameer of Bokhara and the Khan of
Khiva, Lieutenant Olufsen and his collaborators
had very special facilities for penetrating into dis-
tricts that are as a rule jealously closed to foreigners,
and they neglected no opportunity of taking
photographs and making sketches of typical
architecture, whilst they at the same time made
considerable art and ethnographical collections.
The Lieutenant dwells on the vast amount of
structural material in the shape of relics in the
earth and underground at the disposal of the
historian and archaeologist, and having succinctly
summed up the general characteristics of the
architecture of the countries visited, he describes