At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0711230188 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has lectured at the Universities of Bath and York, and has written widely on cultural landscapes, including the Lake District. During the years she worked for the National Trust she was closely involved with the restoration of the Hill Top interior, and helped to set up the Beatrix Potter Gallery in Hawkshead. . Susan Denyer is World Heritage Adviser for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Paris, and Secretary of ICOMOS-UK
A Customer said Blend of Biography, Original Sketches and Scenic Photography. This book is a balanced combination of biographical information, Beatrix Potter's sketches and paintings, and exceptional scenic photography of the Lake District she helped preserve. It also details the exterior and interior of a house she owned which provided the backgrounds for many of her book illustrations. The side-by-side comparisons wer. Perfect Book Ethleen Johnson I am happy I bought this book. The pictures are large enough to see details of her rooms and furniture-almost as if you are really there. I was kind of amused when I could see up close the scuff marks on her bedposts-just like mine! I have always seen outside pictures of her home but was really amazed at the inside! It has so much more in ther. Mano said Very interesting and the pictures were awesome!! This woman was amazing and after making. Very interesting and the pictures were awesome!! This woman was amazing and after making a large sum of money, she still chose to live humbly her self, but donated much money for the beloved land she loved so much. Ancient farms were kept away from progressive modern builders so that the land and all the old manor homes as well as stone farmho
For those fans of Potter who want to delve further into her aesthetic underpinnings, this intimate look into Potter’s private world is a must-have.. The book also includes letters and diary excerpts, further exploring the relationship between Potter’s home in the Lake District and her iconic artwork. The estate and surrounding scenery inspired many of Potter’s stories and illustrations, and this gorgeously illustrated book shows Potter’s homes and her magnificent gardens beside those drawings, revealing the real-life sources for Peter Rabbit and many other Potter classics. But few know of her work in the gardens and interiors of Hill Top, the farmhouse Potter purchased in 1905. The world famous artwork of Beatrix Potter needs little introduction it is as beloved as the familiar children’s stories it illustrates
She continued to buy property in the area with her royalties, and by the time she died 37 years later, she had amassed over 4,000 acres. Unpretentious, solid, charming, understated: At Home with Beatrix Potter embodies the rustic virtues that Beatrix loved. The richly illustrated At Home with Beatrix Potter will delight the many admirers of the artist and writer of children's books. Her substantial collection of Lake District antiques reflected the influential Arts & Crafts movement, which emphasized the integrity of handmade objects in a period of increasing mechanization. Several two-page spreads of the garden in early summer and the Lake District in late autumn are especially beautiful. This book, written by an official of the Trust, is a tribute to the jewel of the estate, 17th-century Hill Top Farm. She fought vigorously to preserve the beauty of the Lake District and its rural ways, leaving her estate to the National Trust, Britain's lea