Frontier Sculpture & Monuments
Frontier Sculpture & Monuments
John Bell - The
Sculptor’s Life & Works Richard Barnes.
The first book about John Bell,1811-1895, who was linked to Henry Cole and Prince Albert in the Socety of Arts leading up to The Great Exhibition. The sculptor made grand monuments in London, and also worked with manufacturers, his statues being first in Coalbrookdale’s iron, largest in Doulton’s terracotta and most popular in Minton’s Parian ceramic. Chronological biography, list of works, illustration and British Art history.
192pp. H/b. ISBN: 978-1-872914-19-0. £42.00
The Year of Public Sculpture - Norfolk. Richard Barnes.
Sculpture is the commemorative art and Norfolk memories are brought to focus on statues. In 2000-2001, the year of public Sculpture, The Eastern Daily Press printed 35 features with colour photographs spotlighting individual works, sculptors’ lives and Norfolk history.
48pp.p/b. Colour throughout. ISBN: 978-1-872914-22-0. £7.95
Artist of an Icon / The Memoirs of Arnold Machin RA
The artist who created the Queen’s Head on British postage stamps, the most
reproduced image of all time. From Minton apprentice in the Potteries in 1925
to RA Professor of Sculpture.
224pp, inc 100 col ills, h/b, ISBN: 978-1-872914-23-7. £35.00
The Obelisk - A Monumental Feature in Britain. Richard
Barnes
Nobody considered Britain's obelisks before, preferring to regard them as inferiors to the magnificent obelisks of Egypt. Britain has roughly 3,000 obelisks and the sculpture and travel author traces history from when Englishmen saw the Egyptian obelisks in Rome. The first obelisk arrived in England c1570 and by the 1700s obelisks were raised with new uses, as landmarks, hilltop eyecatchers, milestones etc. Monolithic obelisks in polished granite streamed into the new cemeteries in the 19th century and soon after a thousand WWI war memorial obelisks were added. Includes J.Bell’s lectures on obelisks and ends with a gazetteer of Britain's obelisks.
240pp h/b inc 80 colour & mono photos, ISBN: 978-1-872914-28-2 £35.00
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