Gill Saunders Boeken

In 1940 the familiar British landscape was under attack, not only from the imminent threat of German bombers but also from rapid urban development. The Ministry of Labour, in association with the Pilgrim Trust, commissioned many of Britain's foremost artists to paint a record of the changing face of the country. This record of more than 1500 watercolours was given into the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum and this book presents more than 100 of these paintings. Artists featured include John Piper, Kenneth Rowntree, Barbara Jones, Rowland Hilder and Sir William Russell Flint.

A lovely and accessible gift book on the art of Edward Bawden, containing examples of works from his long and celebrated career. The work of Edward Bawden (1903–1989), a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and designer, brims with lively, affectionate, and entertaining accounts of English life. Bawden’s subjects include classic London scenes, such as St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, Liverpool Street station, the Queen’s Guards at Buckingham Palace, as well as charming rural scenes with churches, country houses, cottages, gardens, markets, parks, piers, pubs, and steam trains. He created murals, designed tiles and wallpapers, and was regularly commissioned to deploy his vivacious humor in advertisements, posters, book jackets, and brochures. It was England, with its quiet landscapes, its pleasures and pastimes, and its time-honored trades and traditions, that was the source of some of Bawden’s finest work. This beautifully designed book begins with a brief introduction before exploring examples of Bawden’s work, with each illustration accompanied by an extended caption revealing the artistic vision of this quintessentially English artist.

Půvabná kniha o kráse, romantice a tajném jazyce květin Umění květomluvy se rozvíjelo hlavně v minulosti, ale to není důvod, proč bychom na tento zábavný, svůdný a rafinovaný způsob „konverzace“ měli zapomenout. Reprodukce nádherných akvarelů viktoriánské malířky Fanny Robinsonové nám pootevřou dvířka do starých časů, kdy kavalíři chodili s kytičkou v klopě a dívky se učily důmyslné řeči květin, aby mohly posílat tajné vzkazy svým ctitelům. A co všechno v naší rozkvetlé knížce naleznete? Nejrůznější zábavné zajímavosti např. z historie či botaniky Obsáhlý „slovník květomluvy“ Romantické básně a citáty o květinách i o lásce