Offers a unique and vivid insight into what has become known as the golden age of the English country house.
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A major feature of the British magazine Country Life has always been its photographic essay on the magnificent country houses of Europe. In 1897, when the magazine was founded, photography as a technique of illustration was gaining acceptance in publishing; because of the long exposure times needed for those early shots, architecture as a subject was a natural. These two initial volumes in a series reproduce for the first time some of the photos commissioned by the magazine. In Hall's work, 20 English homes are illustrated, and Hall includes lengthy family histories, provenance, and pertinent anecdotes about each. Many of the old structures have not fared well over the years; indeed, many exist only on glass negatives. The second volume covers French chateaux dating from the 12th through the 20th centuries. Although this work does not concentrate as closely on family lineage and the provenance of the homes, much attention is focused on the work of the great English photographer Evans. Evans worked for the magazine anonymously, tramping through the French countryside and taking hundreds of pictures of buildings, many of which are today virtually in ruins. Nearly a century later, Binney had to face the daunting task of identifying the artist's uncataloged negatives. These photographs are an invaluable record not only of the architecture, gardens, and decorating schemes of pre-World War I France but also of one of the pioneers of "photojournalism." Both books are highly recommended for libraries with strong history, architecture, and photography collections.
Margarete Gross, Chicago
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Margarete Gross, Chicago
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An attractive look at country houses,
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This review is from: The English Country Houses: From the Archives of Country Life, 1897-1939 (Hardcover)
Since its initial publication in 1897, the magazine "Country Life" has served as a window into the country homes of Great Britain. Through its lavishly illustrated articles readers could glimpse their architecture and decor, while the property advertisements permitted them to indulge in a little fantasizing. The decades of publication allowed the magazine to build up an impressive archive of photographs of these homes, with some of these images becoming irreplaceable as the houses were altered or destroyed over time. This book, the inaugural volume of a new series, dips into this collection to offer a look at a number of English country houses of varying sizes and styles. The houses shown are:
Ightham Mote Herstmonceux Castle Little Moreton Hall Bramshill Combe Abbey Canons Ashby Sudbury Hall Castle Howard Houghton Hall Buxted Park Wentworth Woodhouse Clumber House Syon House Heveningham Hall Alnwick Castle Eaton Hall Kelmscott Manor Sandringham House Deanery Garden Charters With each house the name of the current owner (as of the book's publication) is provided, as well a description of its history supplemented with quotes from the articles published about the homes over the years. Though the text is informative, it is the black-and-white photographs which are the book's main strength. Hundreds of images are used throughout its pages, showing the homes, their interiors, and the grounds. Combined with the descriptions they make this book a nice introduction to some of the great country homes of England, one that, like the magazine, allows the reader to imagine what life in these houses might be like.
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