DOI Heft:
No. 206 (May, 1910)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20969#0359
Reviews and Notices
has not hitherto been treated in any sys-
tematic way — the painting of interiors of
churches by artists of the Low Countries from
the days of the Van Eycks to the close of the
seventeenth century. The last hundred years of
that period witnessed a remarkable concentration
of talent on the problems associated with the
painting of such interiors, the solution of which is
to be seen in a multitudinous array of pictures.
At the close of the book a list is given in which
are enumerated close upon seven hundred paint-
ings of this character, by Dutch and Flemish
painters (sixty-four of which are reproduced as
illustrations to this volume), so that abundant
material exists for a study of this interesting phase
in the art of the Netherlands. Unfortunately
for the student who desires to make a first-hand
acquaintance with them, these works are now
dispersed over about one hundred and thirty
public and private collections in Europe and
America (though Amsterdam still has by far the
largest share), and recourse must therefore be had
to photographic reproductions, which if carefully
made, as they have been in this volume, are not
bad substitutes where the rendering of tone is the
chief consideration.
The National Gallery: Lewis Bequest. By
Maurice W. Brockwell. (London: George
Allen & Sons.) 5s. net.—This valuable and inter-
esting catalogue of the pictures acquired with the
yearly interest on the sum of ^10,000 bequeathed
by Mr. Thomas Dennison Lewis in memory of his
father, William Thomas Lewis, the famous actor
who flourished during the latter part of the 18th
century, enables one to realise, as Sir Charles Hol-
royd says in his preface, what marvellous results
have been achieved by the Trustees and former
Directors of the National Gallery with a com-
paratively small outlay. The works acquired
comprise some of the most interesting ones the
Gallery contains, and of particular interest to
readers of The Studio is one of the most recent
acquisitions, namely, that of April Love, by Arthur
Hughes, for ^350. This picture, it will be re-
membered, was reproduced recently in our pages.
That Mr. Brockwell has done his work very tho-
roughly the copious and useful appendices, biblio-
graphy, tables and index at the end amply prove.
The Growth of the English House. By J.
Alfred Gotch, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. (London:
B. T. Batsford.) 7s. 6d. net.—The literature of
English architecture, abounding as it does in
works large and small treating of particular periods,
was in need of one which presented at a glance,
334
as it were, the course of development from one
age to another. This want is admirably met by
Mr. Gotch’s handy little volume, which traces
the history of the English house in its architectural
development through seven centuries (1100 to
1800), noting first one and then another influence
which left its mark. Mr. Gotch, who has devoted
years of study to the subject, speaks with the
authority of one who has an unusually extensive
first-hand knowledge of the various stages in the
progress of domestic architecture in England, and
the merit of his book, which is copiously illustrated,
is that the layman with little technical acquaintance
with architecture, as well as the trained architect,
can read and profit by it.
A History of Gardening in E?tgland. By the
Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (the Hon. Alicia
Amherst). Third and enlarged edition. (London :
John Murray.) 12.L net.—What Mr. Gotch has
just done for the English house Miss Amherst did,
at greater length, for the English garden fifteen
years ago, and this new edition of her book, which
contains some important additions both to the
text and illustrations, will be welcome to that
increasing section of the public to whom garden
lore appeals. The author has delved deep into
the old literature bearing on the subject, a clue to
the extent of her reading being furnished by the
valuable bibliography of printed works on English
gardening which occupies nearly fifty pages of the
volume; but her own book is in no sense a mere
compilation, but an extremely interesting and
brightly-written survey of gardening under its
various aspects, from the earliest times to the nine-
teenth century, in the course of which the ideals
which prevailed at one period and another are
noted and discussed with judgment.
Simple Jeivellery. By R. Ll. B. Rathbone.
(London : Constable & Co.) 6s. net.—Mr. Rath-
bone is well known as a worker in jewellery, and
his book should be of considerable use to the
many art students and others who find them-
selves attracted by, and desire to turn their atten-
tion to, this fascinating craft. The author starts
with the very simplest work, and eschewing too
many technicalities, leads the beginner through the
various steps, giving very copiously illustrated
chapters to all the different methods of work that
are to be employed. The volume certainly justi-
fies the sub-title the author gives it of “a practical
handbook.”
Le Livre d’Or des Peintres Exposants. By
Hoffmann-Eugene. (Paris: Bureaux du Livre
d’Or.) 12 frs. In this volume of nearly 600 pages
has not hitherto been treated in any sys-
tematic way — the painting of interiors of
churches by artists of the Low Countries from
the days of the Van Eycks to the close of the
seventeenth century. The last hundred years of
that period witnessed a remarkable concentration
of talent on the problems associated with the
painting of such interiors, the solution of which is
to be seen in a multitudinous array of pictures.
At the close of the book a list is given in which
are enumerated close upon seven hundred paint-
ings of this character, by Dutch and Flemish
painters (sixty-four of which are reproduced as
illustrations to this volume), so that abundant
material exists for a study of this interesting phase
in the art of the Netherlands. Unfortunately
for the student who desires to make a first-hand
acquaintance with them, these works are now
dispersed over about one hundred and thirty
public and private collections in Europe and
America (though Amsterdam still has by far the
largest share), and recourse must therefore be had
to photographic reproductions, which if carefully
made, as they have been in this volume, are not
bad substitutes where the rendering of tone is the
chief consideration.
The National Gallery: Lewis Bequest. By
Maurice W. Brockwell. (London: George
Allen & Sons.) 5s. net.—This valuable and inter-
esting catalogue of the pictures acquired with the
yearly interest on the sum of ^10,000 bequeathed
by Mr. Thomas Dennison Lewis in memory of his
father, William Thomas Lewis, the famous actor
who flourished during the latter part of the 18th
century, enables one to realise, as Sir Charles Hol-
royd says in his preface, what marvellous results
have been achieved by the Trustees and former
Directors of the National Gallery with a com-
paratively small outlay. The works acquired
comprise some of the most interesting ones the
Gallery contains, and of particular interest to
readers of The Studio is one of the most recent
acquisitions, namely, that of April Love, by Arthur
Hughes, for ^350. This picture, it will be re-
membered, was reproduced recently in our pages.
That Mr. Brockwell has done his work very tho-
roughly the copious and useful appendices, biblio-
graphy, tables and index at the end amply prove.
The Growth of the English House. By J.
Alfred Gotch, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. (London:
B. T. Batsford.) 7s. 6d. net.—The literature of
English architecture, abounding as it does in
works large and small treating of particular periods,
was in need of one which presented at a glance,
334
as it were, the course of development from one
age to another. This want is admirably met by
Mr. Gotch’s handy little volume, which traces
the history of the English house in its architectural
development through seven centuries (1100 to
1800), noting first one and then another influence
which left its mark. Mr. Gotch, who has devoted
years of study to the subject, speaks with the
authority of one who has an unusually extensive
first-hand knowledge of the various stages in the
progress of domestic architecture in England, and
the merit of his book, which is copiously illustrated,
is that the layman with little technical acquaintance
with architecture, as well as the trained architect,
can read and profit by it.
A History of Gardening in E?tgland. By the
Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (the Hon. Alicia
Amherst). Third and enlarged edition. (London :
John Murray.) 12.L net.—What Mr. Gotch has
just done for the English house Miss Amherst did,
at greater length, for the English garden fifteen
years ago, and this new edition of her book, which
contains some important additions both to the
text and illustrations, will be welcome to that
increasing section of the public to whom garden
lore appeals. The author has delved deep into
the old literature bearing on the subject, a clue to
the extent of her reading being furnished by the
valuable bibliography of printed works on English
gardening which occupies nearly fifty pages of the
volume; but her own book is in no sense a mere
compilation, but an extremely interesting and
brightly-written survey of gardening under its
various aspects, from the earliest times to the nine-
teenth century, in the course of which the ideals
which prevailed at one period and another are
noted and discussed with judgment.
Simple Jeivellery. By R. Ll. B. Rathbone.
(London : Constable & Co.) 6s. net.—Mr. Rath-
bone is well known as a worker in jewellery, and
his book should be of considerable use to the
many art students and others who find them-
selves attracted by, and desire to turn their atten-
tion to, this fascinating craft. The author starts
with the very simplest work, and eschewing too
many technicalities, leads the beginner through the
various steps, giving very copiously illustrated
chapters to all the different methods of work that
are to be employed. The volume certainly justi-
fies the sub-title the author gives it of “a practical
handbook.”
Le Livre d’Or des Peintres Exposants. By
Hoffmann-Eugene. (Paris: Bureaux du Livre
d’Or.) 12 frs. In this volume of nearly 600 pages