DOI Heft:
No. 314 (May 1919)
DOI Artikel:Reviews
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21357#0168
Reviews
The brief but thoughtful essays collected together the Technical High School at The Hague,
in this little volume touch upon various aspects presents typical examples of domestic interiors
of a question that is of far-reaching importance, and appurtenances of all kinds which originated
That question, as stated by Prof. Lethaby in the Netherlands during the centuries pre-
in his introductory ceding the nine-
note, is " At what teenth. About one-
forms of production third of the book
should the nation is concerned with
aim ; should indus- the seventeenth
try be wholly car- ^^^^ century, during the
ried on by machi- ~!^^^^B^^_^ greater part of
nery, or ought the Bk which, as the author
handicrafts to be JJtm^Z B/ points out and as
It is a question that ^HH^ """ IT clearly demonstrate,
demands serious ^grv the development of
consideration, for, <aflMKMfillllMnk. decorative art in its
as the same writer h ■ various manifesta-
truly observes, " the JHKfHHMk tions bore a strongly
very life of the fl wk marked national
State may be bound ■ character, which in
up with the sur- jfl later years gradually
vival of the crafts yielded to alien in-
and the types o( JB B fluences. Mr. Sluy-
inventiveness and jfl B terman has, besides
initiative they pro- drawing upon public
duce." But though B and private collec-
our civilization B tions for examples
threatens to be fl H of furniture, called
overwhelmed by B to his aid some of
the machine, there BR the famous old
is yet a gleam of masters of the
hope that.with the B Netherlands, whose
greater leisure B pictures of interiors
which . the new B afford valuable ma-
order of things is B terial for his pur-
bringing with it B pose,
the handicrafts may The Year's Art,
get a chance of re- Wr 1919. Edited by
viving. To this end A. C. R. Carter.
a drastic reform of ' (London : Hutchin-
our educational sys- son and Co.) ys. 6d.
tem seems neces- net.—Mr. Carter is
sary, and in this to be complimented
connexion the "LA N0NI" by andre lapine 0n the care he has
L , j {Royal Canadian Academy—see i. i so) 1 , 1 -, ■
papers contributed J 1 ' bestowed on bring-
by Mr. H. Wilson ing his valuable
and Prof. Lethaby deserve careful attention, compendium up to date in spite of the many
Huisraad en Binnenhuis in Nederland in difficulties that have confronted him. The
vroegere Eeuwen. Door K. Sluyterman. (The Imperial War Museum figures for the first time
Hague : Martinus Nijhoff.) Fl. 18.50 (plus among the many institutions of which a record
5 per cent, pro tem.).—In the 435 illustrations is given, and, as usual, the art sales of the year
of this well-printed volume Mr. Sluyterman, of are amply dealt with.
152
The brief but thoughtful essays collected together the Technical High School at The Hague,
in this little volume touch upon various aspects presents typical examples of domestic interiors
of a question that is of far-reaching importance, and appurtenances of all kinds which originated
That question, as stated by Prof. Lethaby in the Netherlands during the centuries pre-
in his introductory ceding the nine-
note, is " At what teenth. About one-
forms of production third of the book
should the nation is concerned with
aim ; should indus- the seventeenth
try be wholly car- ^^^^ century, during the
ried on by machi- ~!^^^^B^^_^ greater part of
nery, or ought the Bk which, as the author
handicrafts to be JJtm^Z B/ points out and as
It is a question that ^HH^ """ IT clearly demonstrate,
demands serious ^grv the development of
consideration, for, <aflMKMfillllMnk. decorative art in its
as the same writer h ■ various manifesta-
truly observes, " the JHKfHHMk tions bore a strongly
very life of the fl wk marked national
State may be bound ■ character, which in
up with the sur- jfl later years gradually
vival of the crafts yielded to alien in-
and the types o( JB B fluences. Mr. Sluy-
inventiveness and jfl B terman has, besides
initiative they pro- drawing upon public
duce." But though B and private collec-
our civilization B tions for examples
threatens to be fl H of furniture, called
overwhelmed by B to his aid some of
the machine, there BR the famous old
is yet a gleam of masters of the
hope that.with the B Netherlands, whose
greater leisure B pictures of interiors
which . the new B afford valuable ma-
order of things is B terial for his pur-
bringing with it B pose,
the handicrafts may The Year's Art,
get a chance of re- Wr 1919. Edited by
viving. To this end A. C. R. Carter.
a drastic reform of ' (London : Hutchin-
our educational sys- son and Co.) ys. 6d.
tem seems neces- net.—Mr. Carter is
sary, and in this to be complimented
connexion the "LA N0NI" by andre lapine 0n the care he has
L , j {Royal Canadian Academy—see i. i so) 1 , 1 -, ■
papers contributed J 1 ' bestowed on bring-
by Mr. H. Wilson ing his valuable
and Prof. Lethaby deserve careful attention, compendium up to date in spite of the many
Huisraad en Binnenhuis in Nederland in difficulties that have confronted him. The
vroegere Eeuwen. Door K. Sluyterman. (The Imperial War Museum figures for the first time
Hague : Martinus Nijhoff.) Fl. 18.50 (plus among the many institutions of which a record
5 per cent, pro tem.).—In the 435 illustrations is given, and, as usual, the art sales of the year
of this well-printed volume Mr. Sluyterman, of are amply dealt with.
152