English Leadworie. By Laurence Weaver. (b. T. Batsford....
we find described the various purposes to which decorative leadwork has been put. Tanks, fountains, vases, and statues are all discussed with insight and taste. A section is......
Sefior Bernete Y Moret, The Biographer Of Velazquez, Has...
an interesting volume dealing with The School of Madrid (Duck- worth and Co., '78. 6d. net). To most people Maze, Carron°, and others are merely names, but by means of this book......
The Sculptures Of Chartres Cathedral. By Margaret And...
(Cambridge University Press. 12s. net.)—The authors have given their text both in English and French, and have pro- vided a very large number of photographs of the carvings of......
The Mind Of The Artist : Thoughts And Savings Of
Painters and Sculptors on their Art. Collected and Arranged by Mrs. Laurence Binyon. (Chatto and Windus. 3s. 6d. net.)—The work of Defection has been admirably done, and the......
The Practice Of Oil-painting And Of Drawing Associated...
By Solomon J. Solomon, R.A. (Seeley and Co. Os. net.)— Students will find a good deal in this book to help them. But the task of the author is an impossible one, and no one of......
A History Of Art. By Dr. G. Carotti. (duckworth And
Co. 5s. net.)—The amount of information crowded into this little book is very great. The present volume—the second—deals with the Middle Ages, and includes the architecture,......
Students Of Architecture Will No Doubt Be Interested In Mr.
Ward's volume, French Chdteaux and Gardens in the Sixteenth Century (B. T. Batsford, 25s. net). Mr. Ward found in the British Museum a collection of drawings by Jacques Androuet......
A History Of Architectural Development. By F. M. Simpson....
and Co. 21s. net.)—This is the second volume of Mr. Simpson's work, and deals only with mediaeval chnroh archi- tecture. The author by means of diagrams shows in the most......
One Hundred Masterpieces Of Sculpture. With An...
F. Hill. (Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)--The preface tells us that this is primarily a picture-book, and not a history of sculpture. We gratefully receive it as such. Here we......
Messrs. Hodder And Stoughton Have Added To Their "great...
Series" (5s. net each) a volume of reproductions of Constable's Sketches and one of the works of Botticelli. These are essentially picture-books, the biographical introductions......
The ?aides Of Xsop. Illustrated By Edward J. Dotmold....
and Stoughton. 42s. net.)—Mr. Detmold's coloured drawings range from a Japanese simplicity to a complication reminding us of a puzzle-picture in which the aim is to conceal the......
The Art Of The Plasterer. By G. P. Bankart. (b.
T. Botsford. 25s. net.)—The author explains that his work is supplemental to the large volume published a few years ago, in which its author, Mr. Millar, dealt exhaustively with......
The Children's Book Of Art. By Agnes Ethel Conway And
Sir Martin Conway. (A. and C. Black. 68.)—This is a good intro- duction for young people to the study of art. The field covered is a wide one, from the Middle Ages to the......
Mr. Pennell Has Illustrated With Leaves From His...
Henry James's Italian Hours (W. Heinemann, 25s. net). Mr. Pennell always manages to get a feeling of distinction in his work, but surely both the places, and Mr. James's very......
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