Cottages & Co, scenes of rural life, oils and watercolors.
Image Library| N° d'inventaire | 25836 |
| Format | 29 x 25 |
| Détails | 88 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782814400313 |
"And now farewell to the cottage, and with it, to the humility of the natural landscape. We leave it with regret, not that we have any intention of living in a cottage, for comfort's sake, not that we prefer mud to marble, pine to mahogany, but with it we leave so much of what is most beautiful on earth, the low bee-peopled landscapes, full of humble and quiet emotion, of such calm as we imagine to have reigned over our earth when it was created in heaven." John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture
"These reflections, which compare cottage life to a kind of paradise on earth, show what an idealized vision of rural happiness was rooted in the imagination of 19th-century authors and artists. This book illustrates their vision: picturesque dwellings surrounded by lush, brightly colored gardens, inhabited by dignified peasants and charming children, all depicted in the golden glow of eternal sunshine. The fact that everyday reality, for most ordinary peasants, was anything but idyllic, has in no way detracted from this romantic fable that we still enjoy contemplating today, perhaps reflecting a disposition to regard the countryside as another universe where innocence and harmony reign." Gabrielle Townsend
A very fine selection of 56 oils and watercolors - supplemented by 16 details - by AC STRACHAN, D. WOODLOCK, EK JOHNSON, EA ROWE, Haynes KING, Henry John Yeend KING, H. ALLINGHAM, JW USHER, K. BARNARD, MB FOSTER, W. LANGLEY.
This beautiful collection of scenes from rural life is accompanied by poems and texts by RL STEVENSON, DH LAWRENCE, D. WORDSWORTH, WH DAVIES, J. CLARK, O. WILDE, F. THOMPSON, C. BRONTË, C. DICKENS, G. ELIOT...
Cottages, introduction by Gabrielle TOWNSEND
"And now farewell to the cottage, and with it, to the humility of the natural landscape. We leave it with regret, not that we have any intention of living in a cottage, for comfort's sake, not that we prefer mud to marble, pine to mahogany, but with it we leave so much of what is most beautiful on earth, the low bee-peopled landscapes, full of humble and quiet emotion, of such calm as we imagine to have reigned over our earth when it was created in heaven." John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture
"These reflections, which compare cottage life to a kind of paradise on earth, show what an idealized vision of rural happiness was rooted in the imagination of 19th-century authors and artists. This book illustrates their vision: picturesque dwellings surrounded by lush, brightly colored gardens, inhabited by dignified peasants and charming children, all depicted in the golden glow of eternal sunshine. The fact that everyday reality, for most ordinary peasants, was anything but idyllic, has in no way detracted from this romantic fable that we still enjoy contemplating today, perhaps reflecting a disposition to regard the countryside as another universe where innocence and harmony reign." Gabrielle Townsend
A very fine selection of 56 oils and watercolors - supplemented by 16 details - by AC STRACHAN, D. WOODLOCK, EK JOHNSON, EA ROWE, Haynes KING, Henry John Yeend KING, H. ALLINGHAM, JW USHER, K. BARNARD, MB FOSTER, W. LANGLEY.
This beautiful collection of scenes from rural life is accompanied by poems and texts by RL STEVENSON, DH LAWRENCE, D. WORDSWORTH, WH DAVIES, J. CLARK, O. WILDE, F. THOMPSON, C. BRONTË, C. DICKENS, G. ELIOT...
Cottages, introduction by Gabrielle TOWNSEND