The unsophisticated arts / drawn and described by Barbara Jones ; foreword by Peter Blake.
By: Jones, Barbara
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BookPublisher: Dorset : Little Toller, 2013Description: 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781908213129 (hbk.) ; 1908213124 (hbk.).Subject(s): Decorative arts -- Great BritainDDC classification: 745.0941 Summary: "Unsophisticated art is the art of everyday life. During the 1940s Barbara Jones set about documenting this everyday art throughout Britain, visiting fairgrounds, tattoo parlours, taxidermists, houseboats, high street shops, seaside piers, and amusement arcades. Her journey was an epic undertaking and her achievement remains groundbreaking. Though originally published in 1951, Barbara Jones's unique vision continues to inspire today, unlocking a way of seeing the world which celebrates the objects of everyday life and encourages us to find beauty in unexpected places."
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 745.0941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00228048 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
During the 1940s Barbara Jones set about documenting this everyday art throughout Britain, visiting fairgrounds, tattoo parlours, taxidermists, houseboats, high street shops, seaside piers and amusement arcades. She befriended people who lived afloat on redundant canal-ways and studied the way they decorated their boats. Her journey was an epic undertaking and her achievement remains ground-breaking.
Previous edition: London: The Architectural Press, 1951.
I have no doubt that discovering Barbara Jones was one of the more important things that happened to me, and helped form the way I work. Peter Blake.
Includes index.
"Unsophisticated art is the art of everyday life. During the 1940s Barbara Jones set about documenting this everyday art throughout Britain, visiting fairgrounds, tattoo parlours, taxidermists, houseboats, high street shops, seaside piers, and amusement arcades. Her journey was an epic undertaking and her achievement remains groundbreaking. Though originally published in 1951, Barbara Jones's unique vision continues to inspire today, unlocking a way of seeing the world which celebrates the objects of everyday life and encourages us to find beauty in unexpected places."
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 9)
- Preface (p. 15)
- Skin and Bone (p. 19)
- Demountable Baroque - Roundabouts (p. 27)
- The Rose and Castle (p. 51)
- Beside the Sea (p. 73)
- A Day up the River (p. 99)
- Tattooing (p. 109)
- The Decoration of Food (p. 115)
- Automata and Simulacra (p. 123)
- Amusement Arcade (p. 139)
- Bark and Nails - Canford Magna (p. 149)
- Loaves and Fishes (p. 159)
- Festivals (p. 167)
- The End (p. 177)
- Illustrations (p. 193)
- Index (p. 197)