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Nr. 190 (January 1909)
DOI article:Reviews and notices
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Reviews and Notices
which glitter at the breast or mitre of his saints and
bishops.” Avoiding the too common fault of
over-laudation, Mr. Davies traces the gradual deve-
lopment of the master’s distinctive style, dispelling
by the way several long-accepted errors, notably
that he exercised a strong influence over Benedetto
da Maiano, the truth being, in his opinion, exactly
the reverse. Only by a close study of the great
frescoes at Rome and Florence can the full
strength be realised of the man whose art, he says,
“ illustrates as does perhaps no other the spirit of
the Renaissance, especially of the Florentine
Renaissance, in the hour of its strength and
vitality ; ” but the series of full-page reproductions
of the best of these charming compositions, though
they of course fail to render their rich and delicate
colouring, will do much to substantiate the claim
advanced that their author, “though he was not
perhaps a genius, had talent of the highest order,
artistic instinct, broad power of grasping all the
essentials of his art, and extraordinary self-control
in his use of them, producing a result which is his
own, and has upon it the special stamp which
never fails to impress itself on the work of an
artist who follows his own star.”
Die Wohnung der Neuzeit. Herausgegeben von
Prof. Dr. Erich Haenel und Baurat Prof. Heinrich
Tscharmann. (Leipzig : J. J. Weber.) Cloth,
7 Mark 50 Pf.—In a previously issued volume
called “ Das Einzelwohnhaus der Neuzeit,” the
authors brought together a representative series of
modern dwelling-houses designed mostly by
German architects, and now in this complementary
volume a large number of illustrations are given of
interiors arranged and furnished also by well-
known German architects. The illustrations,
which are well printed, are classified under such
headings as ante-rooms, reception and social rooms,
dining rooms, verandahs, work-rooms, nurseries,
and so forth.
So indispensable has Who's Who become that
we look for the successive issues as part of the
regular routine of existence. The volume for
,1909 (ior. net) which Messrs. A. & C. Black send
us shows the same signs of vigorous growth as
preceding issues, and the pages now number 2112.
From the same office comes the new volume of The
Englishwoman's Year Book (2s. 6d. net), contain-
ing, in addition to a vast mass of general informa-
tion bearing on women’s work and interests, a very
valuable series of papers on occupations for women
who have to earn their own living.
The Plate-Collector's Guide, which Mr. John
Murray has just brought out (6s. net), is an abbre-
viation made by Mr. Percy Macquoid of the well-
known and authoritative work of the late Mr. W. J.
Cripps, C.B., on Old English Plate. In the present
handbook those portions of the parent work are
given in full which are necessary to a reader seek-
ing a general knowledge of the subject, and certain
sections of special interest to such have been
enlarged. The book contains nearly 70 illus-
trations, as well as the lists of date letters, marks,
etc., which are so valuable to the collector.
The Arundel Club in its fifth annual portfolio
offers to its members a capital series of photo-
gravure reproductions of pictures belonging to
private collections. Two of the pictures repro-
duced are in the King’s Collection at Buckingham
Palace — Hogarth’s portrait group representing
members of the Popple and Ashwell families in a
landscape setting, and a fine Portrait of a Man
with a Hawk, attributed by Mr. Berenson to Alvise
Vivarini. There are also works by Opie, Zoffany
and Cotman in the series, while the Continental
schools are represented by Sustermans, Granacci,
Pesellino, Lochner, de Köninck, Le Nain, Rubens,
Velasquez, and an almost unknown master, N. E.
Pickenoy, whose two portraits of a man and a
woman, painted in 1657, are among the best
things in the portfolio. These portfolios can be
obtained by joining the club, the subscription
being one guinea a year, and those desirous of
joining should communicate with the Secretary,
care of Mr. Sidney Colvin, British Museum.
The Fine Art Society, of 148 New Bond Street,
are issuing an etched reproduction of the famous
picture, by Mr. F. Cadogan Cowper, A.R.A., How
the Devil disguised as a vagrant Troubadour, having
been entertained by some charitable nuns, sang to
them a Song of Love. The etching has been exe-
cuted by Monsieur F. Ruet, who has been very
successful in translating Meissonier’s pictures by
this medium, and from our remembrance of Mr.
Cowper’s picture when it was shown at the Royal
Academy, in 1907, and again, last year, at the
Franco-British Exhibition, we consider M. Ruet’s
reproduction to be entirely satisfactory.
Messrs. Frost & Reed, of London and Bristol,
have published a photogravure of Peter Graham’s
picture, Moorland and Mist, an excellent example
of his art, and one which cannot fail to give
pleasure to lovers of Scotland and Scottish scenery.
An excellent calendar for the wall is the Calen-
darium Londinense, published at 2s. 6d. net by
Mr. Elkin Mathews. Its pictorial feature is an
original etching of the Tower of London by
Mr. W. Monk, R.E.
339
which glitter at the breast or mitre of his saints and
bishops.” Avoiding the too common fault of
over-laudation, Mr. Davies traces the gradual deve-
lopment of the master’s distinctive style, dispelling
by the way several long-accepted errors, notably
that he exercised a strong influence over Benedetto
da Maiano, the truth being, in his opinion, exactly
the reverse. Only by a close study of the great
frescoes at Rome and Florence can the full
strength be realised of the man whose art, he says,
“ illustrates as does perhaps no other the spirit of
the Renaissance, especially of the Florentine
Renaissance, in the hour of its strength and
vitality ; ” but the series of full-page reproductions
of the best of these charming compositions, though
they of course fail to render their rich and delicate
colouring, will do much to substantiate the claim
advanced that their author, “though he was not
perhaps a genius, had talent of the highest order,
artistic instinct, broad power of grasping all the
essentials of his art, and extraordinary self-control
in his use of them, producing a result which is his
own, and has upon it the special stamp which
never fails to impress itself on the work of an
artist who follows his own star.”
Die Wohnung der Neuzeit. Herausgegeben von
Prof. Dr. Erich Haenel und Baurat Prof. Heinrich
Tscharmann. (Leipzig : J. J. Weber.) Cloth,
7 Mark 50 Pf.—In a previously issued volume
called “ Das Einzelwohnhaus der Neuzeit,” the
authors brought together a representative series of
modern dwelling-houses designed mostly by
German architects, and now in this complementary
volume a large number of illustrations are given of
interiors arranged and furnished also by well-
known German architects. The illustrations,
which are well printed, are classified under such
headings as ante-rooms, reception and social rooms,
dining rooms, verandahs, work-rooms, nurseries,
and so forth.
So indispensable has Who's Who become that
we look for the successive issues as part of the
regular routine of existence. The volume for
,1909 (ior. net) which Messrs. A. & C. Black send
us shows the same signs of vigorous growth as
preceding issues, and the pages now number 2112.
From the same office comes the new volume of The
Englishwoman's Year Book (2s. 6d. net), contain-
ing, in addition to a vast mass of general informa-
tion bearing on women’s work and interests, a very
valuable series of papers on occupations for women
who have to earn their own living.
The Plate-Collector's Guide, which Mr. John
Murray has just brought out (6s. net), is an abbre-
viation made by Mr. Percy Macquoid of the well-
known and authoritative work of the late Mr. W. J.
Cripps, C.B., on Old English Plate. In the present
handbook those portions of the parent work are
given in full which are necessary to a reader seek-
ing a general knowledge of the subject, and certain
sections of special interest to such have been
enlarged. The book contains nearly 70 illus-
trations, as well as the lists of date letters, marks,
etc., which are so valuable to the collector.
The Arundel Club in its fifth annual portfolio
offers to its members a capital series of photo-
gravure reproductions of pictures belonging to
private collections. Two of the pictures repro-
duced are in the King’s Collection at Buckingham
Palace — Hogarth’s portrait group representing
members of the Popple and Ashwell families in a
landscape setting, and a fine Portrait of a Man
with a Hawk, attributed by Mr. Berenson to Alvise
Vivarini. There are also works by Opie, Zoffany
and Cotman in the series, while the Continental
schools are represented by Sustermans, Granacci,
Pesellino, Lochner, de Köninck, Le Nain, Rubens,
Velasquez, and an almost unknown master, N. E.
Pickenoy, whose two portraits of a man and a
woman, painted in 1657, are among the best
things in the portfolio. These portfolios can be
obtained by joining the club, the subscription
being one guinea a year, and those desirous of
joining should communicate with the Secretary,
care of Mr. Sidney Colvin, British Museum.
The Fine Art Society, of 148 New Bond Street,
are issuing an etched reproduction of the famous
picture, by Mr. F. Cadogan Cowper, A.R.A., How
the Devil disguised as a vagrant Troubadour, having
been entertained by some charitable nuns, sang to
them a Song of Love. The etching has been exe-
cuted by Monsieur F. Ruet, who has been very
successful in translating Meissonier’s pictures by
this medium, and from our remembrance of Mr.
Cowper’s picture when it was shown at the Royal
Academy, in 1907, and again, last year, at the
Franco-British Exhibition, we consider M. Ruet’s
reproduction to be entirely satisfactory.
Messrs. Frost & Reed, of London and Bristol,
have published a photogravure of Peter Graham’s
picture, Moorland and Mist, an excellent example
of his art, and one which cannot fail to give
pleasure to lovers of Scotland and Scottish scenery.
An excellent calendar for the wall is the Calen-
darium Londinense, published at 2s. 6d. net by
Mr. Elkin Mathews. Its pictorial feature is an
original etching of the Tower of London by
Mr. W. Monk, R.E.
339