Michael Snodin
Auteur van Carl and Karin Larsson : Creators of Swedish Style
Over de Auteur
Michael Snodin is the author of numerous books & the Head of the Designs Section in the Department of Prints, Drawings, & Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum. (Bowker Author Biography)
Werken van Michael Snodin
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Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole's Collection (2018) — Voorwoord — 22 exemplaren
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- 20th Century
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The book gives a very good introduction to the functions of decoration. It sometimes disguises, or better, makes am aesthetic virtue of deisgn necessities. It is beautifully illustrated with pieces that I presume come the the V&A collection.
Somewhat to my surprise, it is not a reference work. It really needs to be read from beginning to end, especially since there is no glossary. I think that more definitions are necessary; there are some terms: is the "tooth" on a spoon the finial? Not all of the parts of a column were defined. There is an excellent representation of different types of molding, but it would have been easier to read if the labels and and examples were numbered. There are helpful page links between related sections.
On the whole, I was somewhat disappoointed, but I did learn a fair amount, and it is a good reference for certain things.… (meer)