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Arp by Herbert Read. 216 pp with 203 illustrations Painstaking reference work on the Danish painter
in colour and monochrome. Thames and Hudson, and member of the COBRA group. Atkins was C. H. WADDINGTON FRS
World of Art Series. Hardback 35s. assisted by Troels Andersen.
A sympathetic study of a subject obviously close to Behind Appearances
the author's real sympathies. The book is divided into Posters of the First World War selected and reviewed A study of the relations
four sections: Life. Works, Poetry and a Conclusion by Maurice Rickards. 32 pp. plus 242 plates with between painting and natural sciences
on Arp's influence. The section on poetry, with 24 pp in colour. Evelyn, Adams and Mackay. 63s. in this century.
translations by Read himself. is likely to be of parti­ Well-reproduced survey of the heroic. the bereaved. Professor Waddington. a biologist of
cular value in revealing aspects of Arp's work which the powerful and the starving; generally stronger in
have received little attention. historical relevance than in art. world-wide reputation, has written
a penetrating, comprehensive, and
Formulas for Anists by Robert Massey. 224 pp. Folio 21; a bibliography of the Folio Society 1947- gloriously illustrated study of the
Batsford. 35s. 1967 with an appraisal by Francis Meynell. 207 .pp. impact of scientific thought and
A book of recipes by the Professor of Fine Arts at the illustrated throughout. The Folio Press. 4 gns. practice on painters from Monet to
University of Texas. Likely to be of more use to the Catalogue of publications with specimen pages of Riley. After a survey of the Geometriciz­
student of art history than to the practising avant­ type, illustrations, bindings etc. Beautifully produced ing art of the first quarter of the century,
garde painter, who may find the book a little weak as one would expect and a compelling invitation to and of the 'magical' phase of sur­
on acrylics and modern plastic paints. those whose pleasure in reading is enhanced .bY realism and Dada, Professor Wadding­
scrupulously designed volumes.
Paying the Piper by Trevor Russell-Cobb. 110 pp. ton turns to the postwar scene; when
Queen Anne Press in association with Russell-Cobb Giovanni Bellini by Giles Robertson. 1 7 1 pp plus 'Third Science·. replacing Newtonian
Ltd. 12s. 1 20 pp of black and white plates. Clarendon Press: laws with Indeterminacy and Chance.
Thorough and informed survey of the Theory and Oxford University Press. 84s. began to influence painters, particu­
Practice of Industrial Patronage, aimed at encourag­ Thorough consideration of a corpus of major works. larly in the USA. This analysis of the
ing industry to support the arts. Part I: Theory-the designed to illustrate Bellini's significance as an interaction of scientific theory and
Company as Patron; Part II: Practice-the Arts: artist and to trace his development. artistic practice is important and origin­
Part 111 : Speculation: Bibliography; appendices on
Watney Mann Patronage 1960-7 (a most impressive Italian Painters of the Renaissance; Vol. 1: Venetian al, and leads to a detailed analysis of
list). and The Arts Council of Great Britain-Condi­ and North Italian Schools; Vol. 2: Florentine and the characteristics of the 'new paint­
tions of Association-Drama. Central Italian Schools by Bernard Berenson. 236 pp ing', and of its later developments in
with 191 illustrations. and 254 pp with 255 illustra­ pop, op, hardedge painting, and so on.
Prehistoric An in Europe by N. K. Sandars. 332 pp tions. each with 8 colour plates. Phaidon Paperback. The book concludes with a clear look
including notes and bibliography, plus 304 mono-. 21 s each. Rembrandt-Life and Work by Jakob ahead. 71 colour plates and
chrome illustrations and index. The Pelican History Rosenberg. 386 pp with 282 illustrations. Phaidon 150 black and white illustrations.
of Art. Penguin Books. 6 gns. paperback. 24s. Early 1969. About £4.
From 30.000 B.C. to the first century of Roman Three new additions to Phaidon's excellent series of
occupation in Europe. It is unfortunate that such standard art-historical texts at low prices. Quality is DAVID TALBOT RICE
scholarly and lively writing over so wide a field excellent and format generous for the price. Professor of Fine Art, Edinburgh
should have to be presented in so forbidding a
format. Those who persist will find the relevant The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament; Vol. 1: The The Church of Haghia
artefacts described both as historical evidence ·and, Pentateuch; Vol. 2: The Historical Books; Vol. 3: Sophia at Trebizond
with wida sympathy and understanding, as art. The Poetical Books. 435. 530. 356 pp respectively,
illustrated throughout in monochrome by various A detailed study of the architecture and
Organizing the Arts by Peter F. Broxis. 1 32 pp. Clive British artists. Oxford University Press. 63s each the late Byzantine wall-paintings of
Bingley Ltd. 30s. volume. the thirteenth-century monastery
Designed to provide a manual of librarianship for An interesting enterprise. A larger format and more church at Trebizond, in Turkey, based
the fine arts, a field in which constant revisions of attractive layout would have saved the illustrations. on several years' archaeological and
classification must make the librarians task a parti­ some of which look pretty inconsequential. The restoration work undertaken by a
cularly arduous one. The author reviews problems of twenty-two artists involved cover several genera­ team of experts under the direction of
organization and offers his own proposed solution. tions and styles and their quality and relevance vary David Talbot Rice. The book is a
enormously. from Ceri Richards on Genesis down to
The Disasters of War by Francisco Goya. Preface to John Bratby on Job. David Hackney looks very out collection of essays by them.
the original edition, with 83 plates. Dover Publica­ of place: Nehemiah strikes camp. Some of the 175 text figures, 80 pages of plates,
tions Inc. NY. Constable and Co. London. 17s. artists have obviously considered the job more and 12 very finely reproduced
The original edition reproduced natural size. Intro­ thoroughly than others. colour plates in offset.
duction by Philip Hofer of the Harvard University 274 pages plus plates. £10 10s.
Library. The fine quality of the reproduction makes Byzantine Painting: the Last Phase by David Talbot
this volume very good value. Rice. 223 pp with 16 pp of colour and 96 of mono­ DAVID TALBOT RICE
chrome illustrations. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 63s. Islamic Painting
The Escorial and la Granja de San Ildefonso by Juan Study of a seminal period in the history of European
de Contreras y Lopez de Ayala. 156 pp illustrated art, by a major authority in the fielq of Byzantine An illustrated survey of early Islamic
throughout in colour and monochrome. Oldbourne. studies. The book is generously illustrated, although painting-styles, method and treat­
Great Galleries Series. 63s. the colour is often of poor quality. ment. Early 1969.
Lavishly illustrated survey of the grandeur of Spanish DAVID TALBOT RICE
Baroque and of the riches of the collections in the Gates of the Veneto by John Preece, with photo­
Escorial. The gardens of San ldeffonso look superb. graphs by Mario Callegari. 19 pp plus 60 black and Masterpieces of
white plates. John Baker. 45s. Byzantine Art
The Poet Assassinated by Guillaume Apollinaire. with. There are some 2,000villas. palaces etc .. in the Veneto
illustrations by Jime Dine. translated by Ron Padgett. and many of them have their original gates-as The illustrated catalogue of the famous
128 pp Rupert Hart-Davis. 84s. opposed to just gateways. Anyone who enjoys Byzantine Art Exhibitton of 1958 is
First public translation of Apollinaire's roman a clef of wrought iron could get lost in the various traceries still in demand, and a few hardbound
1916. Beautifully produced with black and white with which this book is illustrated. copies are still available. 16 pages
illustrations by Dine which update the story. plates. 12s 6d net.
Sicilian Baroque by Anthony Blunt. with photographs
Jorn in Scandinavia 1930-1953 by Guy Atkins. by Tim Benton. 160 pp with 156 monochrome plates, Edinburgh University Press
420 pp with over 1,000 illustrations. 45 in colour. · notes, bibliography and index. Weidenfeld and 22 George Square. Edinburgh 8
appendix and bibliography. Lund Humphries. 12 gns. Nicolson. 70s.
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