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Friends (Paperback)
Kathryn Cave; Illustrated by Nick Maland
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In this new edition of the classic picturebook for friends aged
four and up, Kathryn Cave and Nick Maland explore how being friends
with someone works and what it means to us. Lyrical text and
wonderful illustrations open the way to talking about the times
when life isn't easy - when we're lost in the wood, hurt, angry,
shy, afraid of the dark. That's when we find out who our friends
are and what friends are worth.
This new edition of the classic picturebook about coping with
everyday fears brings to life how it feels when, in the blink of an
eye, your world becomes a scary place. You turn round and they're
there: you've got dragons! Wherever you look and whatever you do,
you can't get away from them. You don't want to think about them,
but you do, all the time. You try to pretend they're not there, but
it's no good. You try to pretend they're not dragons, but that's no
good either. So what do you do? Make sure you get plenty of hugs
for a start. And while you're at it, try giving them names, drawing
them, talking to them, telling them jokes. One fine day, just when
you think they're going to be there for ever, it will suddenly dawn
on you that something feels different. And it IS! At last your
dragons have gone! This is a reassuring, honest book about coping
with the fears we all share. Down-to-earth text and splendid, witty
illustrations deliver a cheering reminder that no dragon is more
powerful than YOU.
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Something Else (Paperback)
Kathryn Cave; Illustrated by Chris Riddell
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R247
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A simple story, about a small creature who does his best to join in
with the others. But he's different. No matter how he tries, he
just doesn't belong. Then Something turns up and wants to be
friends. But Something Else isn't sure he's like him at all...
Kathryn Cave's poignantly simple story is brought to life by Chris
Riddell in this enchantingly original picture book - now reissued
with a new cover look.
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical
artist who lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive
involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of
friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he
touched the life of his times at many points. His diary, now for
the first time being published in full, is an invaluable source for
the history of English art and artists. In this third pair of
volumes, the chief interest is provided by Farington's account of
his visit to Paris, in company with Fuseli, during the Peace of
Amiens in 1802. West, Opie, Flaxman, Hoppner, and Turner were among
the other English artists who visited Paris at the same time, as
did Charles James Fox and his followers. Farington provides much
material on French art and artists, notably on David and his
pupils, and on the works of art looted from other parts of Europe,
especially from Italy, which were on view in the Louvre. There are
vivid descriptions of Napoleon and of the atmosphere of Paris
during the Consulate. During these years Farington also undertook
tours of the Lake District, Scotland, and the Wye valley. He
portrays in detail the pre-Regency society of these years, ranging
from the small change of gossip and social life to the serious
matters of art and politics.
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical
artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive
involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of
friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he
touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he
kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his
actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the
history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an
absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary
developments. This second pair of volumes covers the period in
which Farington's influence within the Royal Academy was at its
height and he earned the title of 'dictator of the Royal Academy.'
These years where characterized by artistic controversy over such
matters as the eligibility of architects for membership, the
expulsion of James Barry from his position as Professor of Painting
and then from the Academy itself, and the alleged destructiveness
of James Wyatt's restoration of Durham Cathedral. Farington
immersed himself in these and other artistic matters ranging from
the campaign for the establishment of a national gallery to his
budding friendships with the young Turner and the young Constable.
The ninth and tenth volumes of the diary cover the years from
January 1808 up to December 1810. Among the public events that
preoccupy Joseph Farington are the wars in Europe and South America
and the spectacular scandal that erupted in 1809 over Duke of
York's association with Mary Anne Clark. This period finds
Farington embarking on extended tours-one to the north of England
and two to the West Country-making sketches to illustrate the
survey of Britain, Britannica Depicta, compiled by his friends
Samuel and Daniel Lysons. Farington's association with this and
other projects for the publishers Cadell and Davies involves him in
negotiations with many engravers, among them Joseph Landseer, James
Heath, and Samuel Middiman. Within the Royal Academy (to which
Landseer is pressing that a number of engravers be admitted)
feelings run high over the lecture by John Soane criticizing the
architecture of Covent Garden Theatre, which was the work of Robert
Smirke, the son of Farington's oldest friends. At the end of 1810
Farington is occupied with assessing Robert Smirke's prospects at
the coming election of academicians. In common with many others in
the diarist's wide circle of acquaintances, Thomas Lawrence and
John Constable continue to seek Farington's advice on professional
and practical affairs. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for
Studies in British Art.
These eleventh and twelfth volumes of Farington's famous diaries
gives his accounts of Academy exhibitions from 1811 to 1813 and
discuss the political events of the time. Published for the Paul
Mellon Centre for studies in British art.
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical
artist and lived most of his life in London. The seventh and eighth
volumes of the diaries run from January 1805 to the end of December
1807, a troubled time for the Royal Academy. Farington chronicles
the disputes that led Benjamin West to give up in December 1805 his
increasingly untenable position as President.
Joseph Farington (1747-1821), a respectable though not outstanding
painter, was active in the social, cultural, and professional art
world of his time. His voluminous diaries enrich our perception of
this lively and productive age. Volumes XIII and XIV of the diaries
take Farington past his seventieth birthday but show that his keen
interest in public and artistic affairs remained undiminished. He
rejoices at the end of the long war with France, deplores the
conduct of Lord Byron, approves the suspension of the Habeas Corpus
Act, and speculates about the probable authorship of the attack on
prominent connoisseurs in the catalogue raisonne of the British
Institution exhibition. In private life, Farington survives a
financial disaster, and campaigns tirelessly to secure the
promotion of a nephew to the rank of Post Captain in the Royal
Navy.
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical
artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive
involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of
friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he
touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he
kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his
actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the
history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an
absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary
developments. These first two volumes cover the time from July 31,
1793, when he visited Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill, to August
31, 1796. Apart from recording his constant involvement in Academy
business, he describes his visit to Valenciennes and his sketching
tour for the History of the River Thames. Such matters as the sale
of part of Sir Joshua Reynolds's collection, the controversies over
the Shakespeare forgeries are set down against the background of
the French Revolution and the war, and of political turbulence at
home. The diary is now for the first time published in full. The
unannotated text will be published in successive volumes with a
full index and a final volume, A Companion to The Farington Diary,
to follow.
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