tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5343603064320724635..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Bridport, DorsetPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-47578577352765070552015-10-23T06:58:35.045+01:002015-10-23T06:58:35.045+01:00Beautiful illustrations.Beautiful illustrations.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-67501519277992241442015-08-18T14:37:08.658+01:002015-08-18T14:37:08.658+01:00David: Thank you. It's certainly worth poking ...David: Thank you. It's certainly worth poking around online, or getting hold of Ruth Artmonsky's book, to see if Barbara Jones is your thing.<br /><br />The Vision of England books are a mixed bunch. The texts are a bit uneven and the paper, as you say, is poor. I only have a handful of them, mostly bought because I like some of the artists - including Kenneth Rowntree, absolutely. The Shell Guides ARE better, but they're also different, as you know, being proper guides with a short entry on each place rather than the discursive essays of the Vision books. This gives the Shell Guides more focus and, with their very good photographs, they conjure up a real sense of each of the counties (as they were and, to a certain extent, as they still are).Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-70568047345091008242015-08-18T14:30:44.973+01:002015-08-18T14:30:44.973+01:00Hels: I'm likewise too young to remember the F...Hels: I'm likewise too young to remember the Festival of Britain and I only became interested in it as an adult. I have bought a few of the 1951 booklets and brochures, which can sometimes be found, but I've never seen an example of the exhibition book for the Black Eyes & Lemonade exhibition. A book/catalogue was certainly produced, but copies must be rare now. In Mary Banham and Bevis Hillier (eds), A Tonic to the Nation (Thames and Hudson, 1976), there is a short piece by Barbara Jones about the coverage of the popular arts in the Festival, with a photograph of the large 'talking lemon', advertising a brand of lemonade, that gave the exhibition part of its name. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7037686439296806092015-08-18T07:46:11.638+01:002015-08-18T07:46:11.638+01:00A fascinating post (as usual). Jones is one of tho...A fascinating post (as usual). Jones is one of those artists that I'm aware of but have never got around to properly investigating; your post will perhaps be the impetus.<br /><br />The Vision of England books, too, I've not given a proper chance, even though I know they're illustrated by people I like, such as Kenneth Rowntree. I know it sounds ridiculously precious, but I don't like the coarse paper they're printed on, and the way the text and photos aren't integrated. I prefer the Shell Guides, though maybe I'll come round to the Vision of Englands one day.David Gouldstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446150522362785974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42022125439914383702015-08-17T23:25:07.429+01:002015-08-17T23:25:07.429+01:00Although I was too young to remember the Festival ...Although I was too young to remember the Festival of Britain from personal experience, I have incorporated it into my inherited experience - from what my parents said, from reading and from blogging. But I don't remember Barbara Jones. Was there a catalogue or other written record for her Black Eyes & Lemonade exhibition that was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery? Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com