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No. 355 (October 1922)
DOI Artikel:Reviews
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REVIEWS
The story of Wedgwood's life and achieve-
ments has been toid times out of number,
but it is a story that bears repeating, and
certainly the way in which his memory is
honoured in this sumptuously illustrated
monograph at once disposes of any sugges-
tion of redundancy, for out of over a
hundred plates no fewer than thirty-two
are in colour. Much of Wedgwood's fame
rests upon the general improvement effected
by him in the art of the potter as the result
of his ceaseless experiments, for, as the
author points out, " it would be difficult to
recall any method in use in Staffordshire
before his day that he did not make the
subject of fresh experiment and turn to
practical account," but undoubtedly the
crowning achievement of his career was
the invention and gradual perfection of
Jasper ware—an achievement which, arrived
at by unwearied research, establishes his
claim to pre-eminence among the potters
of England, a a 0 a 0
The A.B.C. of Indian Art. By J. F.
Blacker. (London : Stanley Paul & Co.)
15s. net. In this, as in other volumes of the
" A.B.C." Series, Mr. Blacker has shown
an extraordinary capacity for summarising
the significant facts presented in a wide
field of investigation. It is something of a
tour de force to survey in 300 pages the
diverse manifestations of Indian art from
the beginnings to the present age and to
select the illustrations suitable for the pur-
pose. His success in accomplishing this
task will, it is to be hoped, bear fruit in
stimulating an intelligent interest in the
art of India. 00000
Horses and Movement. From paintings
and drawings by L. D. Luard. (London :
Cassell & Co.) 15s. net. Mr. Luard, to
whom the English student owes a trans-
lation of the book in which Lecoq de
Boisbaudran expounded his system of
memory training—a system from which
many distinguished artists have derived
profit—has specialised in the study of the
horse, and particularly the horse in motion.
In this volume are reproduced a large
number of these studies—a few of them
in colour—which, with the remarks of the
author on the subject of drawing move-
ment, cannot fail to prove helpful to
students who devote their attention to
equine life. 00000
232
Illustrated History of Furniture. By
Frederick Litchfield. Seventh edition.
(London : Truslove & Hanson.) 36s. net.
The popularity of this History of Furniture
is sufficiently proved by the fact that six
editions have been exhausted since it was
first published in 1892. In this seventh
edition a considerable amount of new
material, both textual and pictorial, has
been added, bringing the work well up to
date. Among the illustrations, 400 in
number, are numerous views of interiors,
ancient and modern, but the majority of
them are reproductions of single articles,
mostly pieces of a decorative character,
such as those which excite keen bidding
in the sale-rooms of to-day. In this con-
nection the author makes an interesting
comparison between the results of furni-
ture sales nowadays and those of less than
a century ago, when it was rare for a piece
to fetch more than £10 and a day's sale
(at Christie's) often brought less than
£100. The general get-up of the volume
is excellent. 00000
Among recent official publications of the
British Museum is a set of Reproductions
of Chinese Paintings from originals in the
Oriental department of the Museum. The
reproductions, eight in number, have been
made by the collotype process, and two
of them are in colour ; all are on a large
scale, the sheets on which they are printed
measuring 20 by 25 inches. Earliest in
date are two scenes from the remarkable
Admonitions of the Instructress in the
Palace, a scroll of the fourth century a.d.
measuring over n feet in length, and the
latest is a beautiful example of the latter
part of the Ming period (1368-1644),
entitled The Earthly Paradise, which is
reproduced in colour with astonishing
fidelity. The price of the set is 17s. 6d.,
a moderate price for reproductions of the
size and quality of these. 000
Also of interest to the student of Oriental
Art are two sets of picture postcards re-
cently issued by the British Museum,
reproducing in colour select examples
from the collection of Indian and Persian
Paintings housed in the King Edward the
Seventh Galleries, where a large number
of them have been on view during the past
three or four months. Each set comprises
fifteen cards and costs 2s. 6d. 0 0
The story of Wedgwood's life and achieve-
ments has been toid times out of number,
but it is a story that bears repeating, and
certainly the way in which his memory is
honoured in this sumptuously illustrated
monograph at once disposes of any sugges-
tion of redundancy, for out of over a
hundred plates no fewer than thirty-two
are in colour. Much of Wedgwood's fame
rests upon the general improvement effected
by him in the art of the potter as the result
of his ceaseless experiments, for, as the
author points out, " it would be difficult to
recall any method in use in Staffordshire
before his day that he did not make the
subject of fresh experiment and turn to
practical account," but undoubtedly the
crowning achievement of his career was
the invention and gradual perfection of
Jasper ware—an achievement which, arrived
at by unwearied research, establishes his
claim to pre-eminence among the potters
of England, a a 0 a 0
The A.B.C. of Indian Art. By J. F.
Blacker. (London : Stanley Paul & Co.)
15s. net. In this, as in other volumes of the
" A.B.C." Series, Mr. Blacker has shown
an extraordinary capacity for summarising
the significant facts presented in a wide
field of investigation. It is something of a
tour de force to survey in 300 pages the
diverse manifestations of Indian art from
the beginnings to the present age and to
select the illustrations suitable for the pur-
pose. His success in accomplishing this
task will, it is to be hoped, bear fruit in
stimulating an intelligent interest in the
art of India. 00000
Horses and Movement. From paintings
and drawings by L. D. Luard. (London :
Cassell & Co.) 15s. net. Mr. Luard, to
whom the English student owes a trans-
lation of the book in which Lecoq de
Boisbaudran expounded his system of
memory training—a system from which
many distinguished artists have derived
profit—has specialised in the study of the
horse, and particularly the horse in motion.
In this volume are reproduced a large
number of these studies—a few of them
in colour—which, with the remarks of the
author on the subject of drawing move-
ment, cannot fail to prove helpful to
students who devote their attention to
equine life. 00000
232
Illustrated History of Furniture. By
Frederick Litchfield. Seventh edition.
(London : Truslove & Hanson.) 36s. net.
The popularity of this History of Furniture
is sufficiently proved by the fact that six
editions have been exhausted since it was
first published in 1892. In this seventh
edition a considerable amount of new
material, both textual and pictorial, has
been added, bringing the work well up to
date. Among the illustrations, 400 in
number, are numerous views of interiors,
ancient and modern, but the majority of
them are reproductions of single articles,
mostly pieces of a decorative character,
such as those which excite keen bidding
in the sale-rooms of to-day. In this con-
nection the author makes an interesting
comparison between the results of furni-
ture sales nowadays and those of less than
a century ago, when it was rare for a piece
to fetch more than £10 and a day's sale
(at Christie's) often brought less than
£100. The general get-up of the volume
is excellent. 00000
Among recent official publications of the
British Museum is a set of Reproductions
of Chinese Paintings from originals in the
Oriental department of the Museum. The
reproductions, eight in number, have been
made by the collotype process, and two
of them are in colour ; all are on a large
scale, the sheets on which they are printed
measuring 20 by 25 inches. Earliest in
date are two scenes from the remarkable
Admonitions of the Instructress in the
Palace, a scroll of the fourth century a.d.
measuring over n feet in length, and the
latest is a beautiful example of the latter
part of the Ming period (1368-1644),
entitled The Earthly Paradise, which is
reproduced in colour with astonishing
fidelity. The price of the set is 17s. 6d.,
a moderate price for reproductions of the
size and quality of these. 000
Also of interest to the student of Oriental
Art are two sets of picture postcards re-
cently issued by the British Museum,
reproducing in colour select examples
from the collection of Indian and Persian
Paintings housed in the King Edward the
Seventh Galleries, where a large number
of them have been on view during the past
three or four months. Each set comprises
fifteen cards and costs 2s. 6d. 0 0