Title: David Jones :
Authors: Miles, Jonathan,; Shiel, Derek.
Date: 1995
Publisher: Seren,
Physical description: 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language: English
LC class: N
Abstract: David Jones, the greatest painter-poet since Blake, was celebrated and revered by the most renowned of his contemporaries. Since his death in 1974, a growing circle of enthusiasts has valued his work for its scope and complexity. For the centenary of his birth, this much awaited major critical study introduces Jones's visual achievement to a new and larger public. Jonathan Miles and Derek Shiel have uncovered a vast amount of hitherto unseen material - sketches, watercolours, carvings, engravings, inscriptions and ephemera - and place Jones, not only in the context of twentieth century British art but also in relation to continental movements.
Contents: Shifts of Focus -- The Early Years -- Training and the Trenches -- Westminster School of Art -- The Years With Eric Gill -- Hieratic Evasions: Christ and the Saints -- Engravings and Illustrations -- Small Carvings -- Animals -- Approaches to Landscape -- Ships and the Sea -- Interiors and Still Lifes -- Problems and Possibilities of the Figure -- Portraits and Friends -- Landscapes in a Life -- Last Landscapes and Still Lifes -- The Ricochet of War -- The Hiatus and the Whole -- Internal Pressures -- Resonant Abstractions -- Integration and a Changing World.