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Robert Grosseteste
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Robert Grosseteste. By James McEvoy. [Great Medieval Thinkers.] (New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xx, 219. $35.00.)
James McEvoy surely knows Robert Grosseteste better than anyone has since the thirteenth century. Which makes McEvoy the natural choice to write the volume on Grosseteste in the new Oxford series, "Great Medieval Thinkers." Fully up to expectations, he has produced a splendid book, the best single piece on the great English scholastic to appear to date.
Especially nice are the sections (chapters 1 to 3 and 6 to 11) zeroing in on the fundamentals-the life, that is, ...
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Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving.
Magazine article from: Interior Design
; Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving by David Esterly...There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness...devoted to the work of English carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721): Geoffrey Beard...
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The Critics: Exhibitions: Whatever happened to Dutch courage? Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving V&A, SW7
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...a letter, which was written by Grinling Gibbons to a patron in 1694, is a telling...and as an artist- craftsman. Gibbons was the son of British parents...So argues David Esterly, whose Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving...
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Grinling Gibbons: aspects of his style and technique. (renowned Georgian-era sculptor/woodcarver, 1648-1721)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; Grinling Gibbons was born 350 years ago to English parents...Artus Quellin I (1609-1668) to whom Gibbons may have been apprenticed, for he later...hall. At the age of nineteen, however, Gibbons moved to England, which was then relatively...
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Design: Carve his name in lime-wood At last, thanks to the passion of an American, Grinling Gibbons is being honoured with an exhibition at the V&A.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...written a number of articles about Grinling Gibbons for the Spectator, the first of which was a requiem for Gibbons's work at Hampton Court which Esterly...Esterly was to recarve so brilliantly. Grinling Gibbons is one of our greatest and...
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Contemporary design: inspired by Grinling Gibbons, self-taught carver Shane Raven is a consummate master of his limewood medium. Amicia de Moubray talks to him about his career and the unusual research he undertakes for each commission.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...given him and then filled its shell with plaster of Paris to get an understanding of its structure. Inspired by the Grinling Gibbons exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1999, Raven incorporated a couple of dead birds into a large overmantel...
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YOUNG GRINLING COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH HIS LINK TO HISTORY
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...wood carver Grinling Gibbons.Mr Nixon, who owns...he heard that one of Grinling Gibbon's works would be in...I've always loved Grinling Gibbons' work, and when Sam...mind us calling him Grinling."He says he likes...
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ARTFUL CARVER.
Magazine article from: House Beautiful
; When England's Grinling Gibbons sculpted fruit and flowers, fish...England's greatest woodcarver, Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) had never...show, Esterley wrote a catalog, Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving (Abrams...
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Showmanship of a master
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...a month or so he had introduced Grinling Gibbons not only to the King and Queen...of this exhibition, discovered Gibbons's work through a chance visit...century later (he supposedly wore Grinling Gibbons's wooden cravat for a...
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BULLISH BEGINNING LEADS TO ANGELIC PROPOSAL
Newspaper article from: The Columbian
; ...in St. James' Church, crafted by Grinling Gibbons, the master woodcarver of 17th-century England. Gibbons also carved the figures on top of the...accompany it, Esterly wrote a book, "Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving." The...
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Return of the masterpiece that survived fire, flood and woodworm
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...delicate and intricate work of Grinling Gibbons, probably the world's greatest...neglect and an attack of woodworm. Gibbons was commissioned by Charles II...will be the star attraction of a Grinling Gibbons exhibition at the Victoria...
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