DOI issue:
No. 285 (December 1916)
DOI article:Reviews and notices
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.24575#0168
Reviews and Notices
decorative sculpture, the placing and surroundings \os. 6d. net.—For the illustration of this attractive
of monuments, group monuments, column monu- album, in which many of the architectural glories
ments, arch monuments, etc., and the book is of France and Belgium are represented, Sam Prout,
throughout illustrated by examples of all dates and Clarkson Stanfield, Shotter Boys, William Callow,
from all countries. In conclusion he pleads for David Roberts, Joseph Nash and other artists who
greater intercourse in such schools as those of the excelled in the portrayal of picturesque old build-
Royal Academy between sculptors and architects, ings have been drawn upon. Though some of the
and he thinks that architecture should be a com- edifices depicted—such as the town halls of Arras
pulsory subject of study for all sculptors. One and Ypres and the Cathedrals of Malines and
fault we have to find with the book is that some of Rheims—have suffered grievously from the ravages
the modern features of architecture illustrated, no of war, it is a consolation to think that most of
doubt to make clear a particular form of adapta- them, all with a few exceptions located in or near
tion of statuary to masonry, are not, in themselves, the sphere of military operations, have so far
entitled to the tribute paid them by their inclusion survived unscathed. But apart from its relation to
in this very serviceable and thoughtful treatise. current events, the volume has an enduring inter-
Beautiful Buildings i?i Fratice and Belgium. est as containing fine examples of pictorial art by
With descriptive notes by C. Harrison Towns- artists of note whose reverence for the great master-
end, F.R.I.B.A (London: T. Fisher Unwin.) pieces of another art was reflected in their work.
Joseph PennelVs
Pictures of the Wonder of
Work. (London : VVm.
Heinemann.) 'js. 6d. net.
" Work to-day," says Mr.
Pennell in his introduction
to this volume of repro-
ductions, " is the greatest
thing in the world, and
the artist who best
records it will be best
remembered." We do
not doubt that his own
name will long be remem-
bered in this connection,
for though many artists
have in these modern
days extracted subject-
matter for pictorial treat-
ment from the world of
industry, we know of no
one—with the possible ex-
ception of Mr. Brangwyn
—who has explored this
source of pictorial
inspiration to the same
extent as Mr. Pennell.
He has himself in the
pages of this Magazine
told us — apropos more
particularly of that great-
est of all the Wonders
of Work of this age, the
Panama Canal — how
deeply impressed he has
winter" by w. h. ci.arke been by the phenomena to
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decorative sculpture, the placing and surroundings \os. 6d. net.—For the illustration of this attractive
of monuments, group monuments, column monu- album, in which many of the architectural glories
ments, arch monuments, etc., and the book is of France and Belgium are represented, Sam Prout,
throughout illustrated by examples of all dates and Clarkson Stanfield, Shotter Boys, William Callow,
from all countries. In conclusion he pleads for David Roberts, Joseph Nash and other artists who
greater intercourse in such schools as those of the excelled in the portrayal of picturesque old build-
Royal Academy between sculptors and architects, ings have been drawn upon. Though some of the
and he thinks that architecture should be a com- edifices depicted—such as the town halls of Arras
pulsory subject of study for all sculptors. One and Ypres and the Cathedrals of Malines and
fault we have to find with the book is that some of Rheims—have suffered grievously from the ravages
the modern features of architecture illustrated, no of war, it is a consolation to think that most of
doubt to make clear a particular form of adapta- them, all with a few exceptions located in or near
tion of statuary to masonry, are not, in themselves, the sphere of military operations, have so far
entitled to the tribute paid them by their inclusion survived unscathed. But apart from its relation to
in this very serviceable and thoughtful treatise. current events, the volume has an enduring inter-
Beautiful Buildings i?i Fratice and Belgium. est as containing fine examples of pictorial art by
With descriptive notes by C. Harrison Towns- artists of note whose reverence for the great master-
end, F.R.I.B.A (London: T. Fisher Unwin.) pieces of another art was reflected in their work.
Joseph PennelVs
Pictures of the Wonder of
Work. (London : VVm.
Heinemann.) 'js. 6d. net.
" Work to-day," says Mr.
Pennell in his introduction
to this volume of repro-
ductions, " is the greatest
thing in the world, and
the artist who best
records it will be best
remembered." We do
not doubt that his own
name will long be remem-
bered in this connection,
for though many artists
have in these modern
days extracted subject-
matter for pictorial treat-
ment from the world of
industry, we know of no
one—with the possible ex-
ception of Mr. Brangwyn
—who has explored this
source of pictorial
inspiration to the same
extent as Mr. Pennell.
He has himself in the
pages of this Magazine
told us — apropos more
particularly of that great-
est of all the Wonders
of Work of this age, the
Panama Canal — how
deeply impressed he has
winter" by w. h. ci.arke been by the phenomena to
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