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Makepeace: A Spirit of Adventure in Craft & Design

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

MYERSON, Jeremy

Crafts & Hobbies

Cross River Pr

Ndebele - A People &amp; Their Art is a beautifully illustrated study of the Ndebele and their distinctive art culture. Exceptional photography and insightful text have combined to make this a fascinating and visually exciting work that will have great appeal for all those with an interest in the tribal cultures of southern Africa and of the Ndebele in particular. Endowed with a rich creativity, Ndebele women have developed an art culture of remarkable ingenuity and vitality which has established their tribal grouping as Africa's artist nation. In their beadwork and in the large murals that cover the walls of their traditional mud dwellings - many of which are unusually innovative in their planning and construction - the Ndebele women have created bold, often symbolic, designs and images that are at one ancient and modern in their simplicity, colour and mode of representation. The traditional dress of Ndebele women is equally striking and dramatic, as are their beadwork and adornments. But the artistic achievements of the Ndebele are not the sole focus of the work. Equal emphasis is placed on an understanding of the historical, social and political background against which Ndebele art emerged and has flourished.

Ndebele: A People & Their Art

Arts & Photography

Powell, Ivor.

History & Criticism

Western Furniture: 1350 to the Present Day, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Dating from the 16th century, Chequers is one of Britain's most familiar yet least known country houses. As the country residence of the Prime Minister, it is not open to the public, and until now few photographs of it have been published. In this enlightening, well-researched history of the estate, Norma Major, wife of the current Prime Minister, opens the door to Chequers and takes us on a guided tour of one of Britain's most interesting national treasures.
Thanks to her unprecedented access to photographs and documents that have not been available to the public, Mrs. Major not only shows us the house and its spectacular collection of paintings and furnishings but also introduces us to many of its colorful former inhabitants, including Lady Mary Grey, who was imprisoned there, and Sir Winston Churchill, who made many of his stirring wartime speeches from Chequers. The author has also had the opportunity to talk to past prime ministers and their families about how they used the house and the changes they made during their occupancy.
Mark Fiennes's specially commissioned photographs reveal the interiors as they now look and provide intriguing comparisons with early photographs from the Chequers archives. With its combination of historical anecdotes and architectural research, this book is the perfect gift for Anglophiles, history buffs, and those interested in architecture and the decorative arts.

Chequers: The Prime Minister's Country House and Its History

Major, Norma

Architecture

A Walk Around the Square

Thomsen, Thomas Carl

The literature on English period furniture has largely been dominated by a preoccupation with that of the rich and upper classes, resulting in a neglect of the humbler pieces used in more ordinary homes over the centuries. This attitude is now regarded as unacceptable, however, and the past everyday furniture of England has accordingly become the focus of intensive research. This book, the first major production of its kind and now a classic reference work, examines the pieces found in humbler urban and rural homes over a span of some four centuries, throwing fresh light on such aspects as regionalvariations, dating assessment, construction techniques, stylistic influence and context. Each of the many examples illustrated, most of them previously unpublished in book form, is accompanied by a detailed caption giving timber, a realistic date range and an extensive description, including such information as local characteristics, finish, distinctive decorative features and manufacturing methods. In

English Country Furniture: The National and Regional Vernacular, 1500-1900

Knell, David

Antiques & Collectibles

Old English Farmhouses

The English farmhouse evolved at an unhurried pace. Some, held in trust by generations of the same farming family, represent the finest examples of vernacular architecture; others have fallen victim to the ravages of time and place or have been made vulnerable by changes in modern farming. This is an illustrated record of their history and development. It describes the diversity of regional styles, discusses the influences that brought them about and notes how local characteristics are reflected in the architecture of these working buildings.

Travel

LAWS, BILL

Travel Writing

Vanishing Greece

This stunning photographic essay on Greece is the result of a passionate love affair with the country conducted over twenty years by Clay Perry, a photographer whose books on English landscape, architecture, and gardens have been admired and successfully sold all over the world. During his many visits and travels in the country he has become aware that by the end of the century its landscape and traditional way of life may have changed irrevocably; this is his attempt to capture them even at this late date for posterity. The book is introduced with a lyrical essay by Patrick Leigh Fermor, whose views on his adopted homeland exactly parallel those of Clay Perry. The rest is made up of 250 photographs, divided into seven regional chapters and complemented by a short text and extended captions by Elizabeth Boleman-Herring, another devoted philhellene who has lived in Greece for more than 30 years. The principal subject matter of the photographs is the people of Greece, their traditional way of life, their homes, villages, day-to-day activities and festivals, as well as the haunting and varied landscape of the country itself, which includes 9,000 miles of coastline - the longest in Europe. The photographs reveal the fascinating geographical range that has helped shape the wonderfully diverse collection of communities and cultures of the country. Vanishing Greece is an intimate portrait and a beautiful celebration of a country most tourists miss completely, a remarkable visual record of a nation in transition captured in words and pictures before it disappears altogether. It will stand as a book to treasure for those who know and love Greece, and to inspire those who are new to the land to visit it but respect its traditional ways.

Boleman-Herring, Elizabeth

Europe

A Mirror of Nature is the catalogue of the most distinguished private collection of Dutch seventeenth-century painting in North America. Formed in Los Angeles by Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter between 1959 and 1985, the collection comprises masterpieces by many of the greatest Dutch landscape and still-life painters of the age. The paintings were first exhibited publicly together in 1981-82 in Los Angeles, Boston, and New York and are destined to become part of the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Since 1981 several important works have been added to the collection and are included in this expanded edition of the 1981 exhibition catalogue. In the pages of this book we encounter the great names of Dutch landscape and marine painting, from a brilliant winter scene by Hendrick Avercamp to a great oak tree depicted by Jacob van Ruisdael with an energy that rivals nature's own. Scenes of the seacoast, great ships, and sailboats are represented by Jan van de Cappelle, Adam Pynacker, and various members of the van de Velde family. Jan Both transports us to the golden light of Italy, while Jan van Goyen and Salomon van Ruysdael guide us along their native rivers and estuaries. Meyndert Hobbema's picturesque woods contrast with a busy Amsterdam quayside by Jan van der Heyden or a quiet church interior by Pieter Saenredam. Even Aelbert Cuyp's Holy Family takes second place to the magnificent river and mountain landscape that shelters their flight to Egypt. The special character of this collection is that its artists depicted the world around them. Thus the domestic world is mirrored too in exquisite flower paintings by Ambrosius Bosschaert, Dirck de Bray, and Jan van Huysum, which in turn make colorful contrasts with the pleasures of the table represented by Pieter Claesz., Willem Heda, or Clara Peeters. All the preciousness of Dutch artists' loving gaze is summed up in Adriaen Coorte's bowl of wild strawberries, topped with a sprig of blossom.

A Mirror of Nature: Dutch Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter

Schneider, Cynthia P.

WALSH, JOHN.

Painting

The Life and Times of Richard III (Kings and Queens of England Series)

CHEETHAM, Anthony

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