DOI Heft:
No. 359 (February 1923)
DOI Artikel:Reviews
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REVIEWS
received quite as much recognition as they
deserve. Among these is Joseph Wright,
A. R.A. ** Wright of Derby/' as he is
usually called. Mr. Kaines Smith, who
shares with Mr. H. Cheney Bemrose (son
of Wright's principal biographer) the
authorship of this illustrated monograph,
assigns as the sole reason why Wright, “ as
sound and as English a painter as ever
held a brush," should have been relegated
to a place of comparative obscurity in
public estimation, the fact that his work is
not known—save as regards a few pictures
which engravings have popularised, but
which are least expressive of his real
qualities of “ simplicity and sincerity of
freshness and honesty of colour "—and he
suggests that it is these " liveable "
qualities which have prompted the owners
of the majority of Wright's pictures to
keep them rather than put them on the
market. 00000
Old Master Drawings. By Henry S.
Reitlinger. (London : Constable & Co.).
365. net. The 72 collotype plates which,
with the letterpress directly pertinent
thereto, occupy the bulk of this volume, are
reproductions of drawings from a collection
which the author has been forming during
the past fifteen years, and are intended to
illustrate the possibilities within the reach
of the collector of the present day, when to
judge by auction sales a growing interest
is manifested in the drawings of the older
masters. Examples are given from the
European schools — Italian, German,
Dutch, Flemish, French and English of
various periods from the XIVth century—
a capital drawing by Charles Keene being
the most modern. The author is of opinion
that London is a more favourable hunting
ground for acquisitions than the Continent,
and his book contains much information
which would-be purchasers will find of
value. p) p) p) pi p) pi
Floral Forms in Historic Design. Selected
and drawn by Lindsay P. Butterfield.
With preface and descriptive notes by
W. G. Paulson Townsend. (London :
B. T. Batsford, Ltd.) 15s. net.—The
drawings reproduced by the collotype
process in the eighteen plates of this port-
folio are published with the object of
providing workers in the applied arts and
teachers of design with a carefully chosen
120
collection of ornamentally treated flower
and leaf forms. They are all made from
objects of various kinds—textiles, pottery,
woodwork, etc.—in the Museum at South
Kensington, and besides numerous exam-
ples of Oriental provenance they include
some charming designs by William Morris
and Mr. Voysey. All the reproductions
are in black and white, but the colour of
the originals is indicated with remarkable
skill by gradations of tone. Professional
designers and students will find this port-
folio of great assistance. 000
Illumination and its Development in the
Present Day. By Sidney Farnsworth.
(London : Hutchinson and Co.) 245. net.
Ruskin was right when he said that 44 to
make writing itself beautiful—to make the
sweep of the pen lovely—is the true art of
illumination." Mr. Farnsworth appears to
have kept this well in mind in composing
this thoroughly practical manual, which
will hold its own in spite of the competition
of other excellent text-books of illumination
and lettering, and the more so because of
the prominence given in it to the appli-
cation of lettering to commercial and other
everyday purposes. The book is abun-
dantly illustrated with diagrams and repro-
ductions in half-tone and colour. 0 0
THE STUDIO YEAR-BOOK OF
DECORATIVE ART, 1923. a a
IN this new issue of the Year-Book,
which will be ready for publication early
next month, modern domestic architecture
and the numerous applied arts relative
thereto and to home life in general (in-
cluding garden planning) are illustrated
on a more liberal scale and in greater
variety than has been possible for some
years owing to the adverse conditions
caused by the war. In compiling the
volume an extensive range of material has
been examined, and the Editor con-
fidently believes that in the abundance of
its illustrations—numbering between four
and live hundred—this eighteenth annual
issue of the Year-Book will prove of valu-
able assistance to all who are faced with
problems of home-making. An illustrated
prospectus will be sent to anyone desiring
further particulars. 0000
received quite as much recognition as they
deserve. Among these is Joseph Wright,
A. R.A. ** Wright of Derby/' as he is
usually called. Mr. Kaines Smith, who
shares with Mr. H. Cheney Bemrose (son
of Wright's principal biographer) the
authorship of this illustrated monograph,
assigns as the sole reason why Wright, “ as
sound and as English a painter as ever
held a brush," should have been relegated
to a place of comparative obscurity in
public estimation, the fact that his work is
not known—save as regards a few pictures
which engravings have popularised, but
which are least expressive of his real
qualities of “ simplicity and sincerity of
freshness and honesty of colour "—and he
suggests that it is these " liveable "
qualities which have prompted the owners
of the majority of Wright's pictures to
keep them rather than put them on the
market. 00000
Old Master Drawings. By Henry S.
Reitlinger. (London : Constable & Co.).
365. net. The 72 collotype plates which,
with the letterpress directly pertinent
thereto, occupy the bulk of this volume, are
reproductions of drawings from a collection
which the author has been forming during
the past fifteen years, and are intended to
illustrate the possibilities within the reach
of the collector of the present day, when to
judge by auction sales a growing interest
is manifested in the drawings of the older
masters. Examples are given from the
European schools — Italian, German,
Dutch, Flemish, French and English of
various periods from the XIVth century—
a capital drawing by Charles Keene being
the most modern. The author is of opinion
that London is a more favourable hunting
ground for acquisitions than the Continent,
and his book contains much information
which would-be purchasers will find of
value. p) p) p) pi p) pi
Floral Forms in Historic Design. Selected
and drawn by Lindsay P. Butterfield.
With preface and descriptive notes by
W. G. Paulson Townsend. (London :
B. T. Batsford, Ltd.) 15s. net.—The
drawings reproduced by the collotype
process in the eighteen plates of this port-
folio are published with the object of
providing workers in the applied arts and
teachers of design with a carefully chosen
120
collection of ornamentally treated flower
and leaf forms. They are all made from
objects of various kinds—textiles, pottery,
woodwork, etc.—in the Museum at South
Kensington, and besides numerous exam-
ples of Oriental provenance they include
some charming designs by William Morris
and Mr. Voysey. All the reproductions
are in black and white, but the colour of
the originals is indicated with remarkable
skill by gradations of tone. Professional
designers and students will find this port-
folio of great assistance. 000
Illumination and its Development in the
Present Day. By Sidney Farnsworth.
(London : Hutchinson and Co.) 245. net.
Ruskin was right when he said that 44 to
make writing itself beautiful—to make the
sweep of the pen lovely—is the true art of
illumination." Mr. Farnsworth appears to
have kept this well in mind in composing
this thoroughly practical manual, which
will hold its own in spite of the competition
of other excellent text-books of illumination
and lettering, and the more so because of
the prominence given in it to the appli-
cation of lettering to commercial and other
everyday purposes. The book is abun-
dantly illustrated with diagrams and repro-
ductions in half-tone and colour. 0 0
THE STUDIO YEAR-BOOK OF
DECORATIVE ART, 1923. a a
IN this new issue of the Year-Book,
which will be ready for publication early
next month, modern domestic architecture
and the numerous applied arts relative
thereto and to home life in general (in-
cluding garden planning) are illustrated
on a more liberal scale and in greater
variety than has been possible for some
years owing to the adverse conditions
caused by the war. In compiling the
volume an extensive range of material has
been examined, and the Editor con-
fidently believes that in the abundance of
its illustrations—numbering between four
and live hundred—this eighteenth annual
issue of the Year-Book will prove of valu-
able assistance to all who are faced with
problems of home-making. An illustrated
prospectus will be sent to anyone desiring
further particulars. 0000