DOI issue:
No. 215 (February, 1911)
DOI article:Reviews and notices
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0103
Reviews and Notices
duction to the art of the Teutonic race at the time
when, having overthrown the Roman Empire, it
began to dominate the destinies of Europe. The
question of origins and affinities is discussed at
some length, and the late Prof. Riegl's hypothesis
concerning the Roman derivation of the Teutonic
inlaid metal work and enamel of the migration
period is criticised and held to be less tenable
than the theory of oriental derivation. The inter-
action of Celtic and Teutonic art is also touched
upon, as well as numerous other points of interest to
the student of archaeology.
Three Tales of Hans Andersen. Illustrated by
Linley Sambourne. (London : Macmillan &: Co.)
3s. 6d. net.—The three stories from'Hans Andersen,
" The Dauntless Tin Soldier," " Thumbelisa," and
" The Little Mermaid," are among the most delight-
ful of fairy tales, but the chief interest of this book
lies rather in the less familiar aspect of the late
Linley Sambourne's work presented in the twenty-
two illustrations. These, done in a style peculiarly
his own, are admirable as drawings, but children
of course are hardly likely to appreciate their
technical qualities ; for the rest the illustrations
disappoint rather through lacking that quality, so
essential an attribute of pictures in a fairy-book, of
imaginativeness.
The late Mr. Lewis F. Day was before his
death engaged on a revised and enlarged edition of
his popular handbook on Alphabets Old and New,
and this edition (the third) has now made its
appearance in an attractive cloth binding at $s.
net (Batsford). The book is intended especially
for the designer and craftsman.
Two further volumes of the Meister der Graphik
series of illustrated monographs on the great
engravers of the past, which are being published
by Messrs. Klinkhardt & Biermann, of Leipzig,
have made their appearance. In one Hermann
Voss, the editor of the series, treats of the old
German engravers, Albrecht Altdorfer and Wolf
Huber (12 mks.), both of whom worked in the
early sixteenth century; the former as an engraver
on wood and copper, and the latter—whose chief
reputation, however, rests on his landscape draw-
ings—on wood. The other volume (the fourth of
the series) brings us more than two centuries
nearer the present with the work of Francesco de
Goya, the Spaniard, whose etchings, beyond their
intrinsic interest as virile works of art, have also a
peculiar interest in reflecting the manners and
incidents of the times in which he lived. Over
seventy of his plates are reproduced, including
several subjects after Velasquez, and numerous
examples from the Caprichos, Desastres de la
Gtterra, Tauromacquia, and Proverbios sets. The
reproductions are excellent, and most of them are
from choice impressions belonging to public col-
lections. The text is by Prof. Valerian von Loga,
an ardent student of Goya, and the price of the
volume in paper is 16 marks.
The official record of the Exhibition of Swedish
Arts and Crafts at Stockholm in 1909 (Allmdnna
Svenska Utstdllningen for Xonsthandtverk, &>c.)
makes its appearance in the shape of a substantial
and attractive volume under the supervision of
MM. Carl L. Bendix and E. G. Folcker, both of
whom contribute largely to the letterpress. The
illustrations occupy over 200 pages, and represent
all the various branches of applied art of which
the exhibition gave such an impressive display.
Donatello and Le Bernin are the subjects of the
last two volumes in the series of " Maitres d'Art,"
published by Plon-Nourrit & Co., of Paris. Prof.
E. Bertaux, of Lyons, writes on Donatello, and M.
Marcel Reymond on Le Bernin, of whom he
expresses a very laudatory opinion, in great con-
trast to that entertained by many. The works of
both sculptors are illustrated by numerous repro-
ductions in half-tone. The volumes are published
at 3 fcs. 50 in paper covers.
Mr. William Orpen, A.R.A., has granted to
Messrs. C. Chenil & Co., of Chelsea, the exclusive
privilege of reproducing under his personal super-
vision a set of ten of his pencil and wash studies.
The reproductions will be in photogravure upon
India plate paper, and the complete portfolio will,
it is hoped, be ready by next autumn. As a
preliminary to this a strictly limited number of
artist's proofs of the first plate have been issued at
55. each, or framed at "js. 6d.
Messrs. Winsor & Newton have recently repro-
duced by facsimile colour process the third of a
series of pictures of Nuremberg, by Mr. L. Bur-
leigh Bruhl, President of the Old Dudley Art
Society. The subject of the picture is The Henker-
steg, or Hangman's Foot-bridge, one of the interest-
ing relics of the old town, and is very effectively
presented. The size of the print, including margin,
is 25! by 19! inches, and the price 6s. net. Messrs.
Winsor & Newton have been appointed by special
warrant Artists' Colourmen to their Majesties the
King and Queen, and among their latest produc-
tions in the way of pigments are two series of oil
and water-colours, to which they give the name
"Spectrum." The colours are red, yellow, and
violet, and are of exceptional brilliancy and
permanence.
duction to the art of the Teutonic race at the time
when, having overthrown the Roman Empire, it
began to dominate the destinies of Europe. The
question of origins and affinities is discussed at
some length, and the late Prof. Riegl's hypothesis
concerning the Roman derivation of the Teutonic
inlaid metal work and enamel of the migration
period is criticised and held to be less tenable
than the theory of oriental derivation. The inter-
action of Celtic and Teutonic art is also touched
upon, as well as numerous other points of interest to
the student of archaeology.
Three Tales of Hans Andersen. Illustrated by
Linley Sambourne. (London : Macmillan &: Co.)
3s. 6d. net.—The three stories from'Hans Andersen,
" The Dauntless Tin Soldier," " Thumbelisa," and
" The Little Mermaid," are among the most delight-
ful of fairy tales, but the chief interest of this book
lies rather in the less familiar aspect of the late
Linley Sambourne's work presented in the twenty-
two illustrations. These, done in a style peculiarly
his own, are admirable as drawings, but children
of course are hardly likely to appreciate their
technical qualities ; for the rest the illustrations
disappoint rather through lacking that quality, so
essential an attribute of pictures in a fairy-book, of
imaginativeness.
The late Mr. Lewis F. Day was before his
death engaged on a revised and enlarged edition of
his popular handbook on Alphabets Old and New,
and this edition (the third) has now made its
appearance in an attractive cloth binding at $s.
net (Batsford). The book is intended especially
for the designer and craftsman.
Two further volumes of the Meister der Graphik
series of illustrated monographs on the great
engravers of the past, which are being published
by Messrs. Klinkhardt & Biermann, of Leipzig,
have made their appearance. In one Hermann
Voss, the editor of the series, treats of the old
German engravers, Albrecht Altdorfer and Wolf
Huber (12 mks.), both of whom worked in the
early sixteenth century; the former as an engraver
on wood and copper, and the latter—whose chief
reputation, however, rests on his landscape draw-
ings—on wood. The other volume (the fourth of
the series) brings us more than two centuries
nearer the present with the work of Francesco de
Goya, the Spaniard, whose etchings, beyond their
intrinsic interest as virile works of art, have also a
peculiar interest in reflecting the manners and
incidents of the times in which he lived. Over
seventy of his plates are reproduced, including
several subjects after Velasquez, and numerous
examples from the Caprichos, Desastres de la
Gtterra, Tauromacquia, and Proverbios sets. The
reproductions are excellent, and most of them are
from choice impressions belonging to public col-
lections. The text is by Prof. Valerian von Loga,
an ardent student of Goya, and the price of the
volume in paper is 16 marks.
The official record of the Exhibition of Swedish
Arts and Crafts at Stockholm in 1909 (Allmdnna
Svenska Utstdllningen for Xonsthandtverk, &>c.)
makes its appearance in the shape of a substantial
and attractive volume under the supervision of
MM. Carl L. Bendix and E. G. Folcker, both of
whom contribute largely to the letterpress. The
illustrations occupy over 200 pages, and represent
all the various branches of applied art of which
the exhibition gave such an impressive display.
Donatello and Le Bernin are the subjects of the
last two volumes in the series of " Maitres d'Art,"
published by Plon-Nourrit & Co., of Paris. Prof.
E. Bertaux, of Lyons, writes on Donatello, and M.
Marcel Reymond on Le Bernin, of whom he
expresses a very laudatory opinion, in great con-
trast to that entertained by many. The works of
both sculptors are illustrated by numerous repro-
ductions in half-tone. The volumes are published
at 3 fcs. 50 in paper covers.
Mr. William Orpen, A.R.A., has granted to
Messrs. C. Chenil & Co., of Chelsea, the exclusive
privilege of reproducing under his personal super-
vision a set of ten of his pencil and wash studies.
The reproductions will be in photogravure upon
India plate paper, and the complete portfolio will,
it is hoped, be ready by next autumn. As a
preliminary to this a strictly limited number of
artist's proofs of the first plate have been issued at
55. each, or framed at "js. 6d.
Messrs. Winsor & Newton have recently repro-
duced by facsimile colour process the third of a
series of pictures of Nuremberg, by Mr. L. Bur-
leigh Bruhl, President of the Old Dudley Art
Society. The subject of the picture is The Henker-
steg, or Hangman's Foot-bridge, one of the interest-
ing relics of the old town, and is very effectively
presented. The size of the print, including margin,
is 25! by 19! inches, and the price 6s. net. Messrs.
Winsor & Newton have been appointed by special
warrant Artists' Colourmen to their Majesties the
King and Queen, and among their latest produc-
tions in the way of pigments are two series of oil
and water-colours, to which they give the name
"Spectrum." The colours are red, yellow, and
violet, and are of exceptional brilliancy and
permanence.