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Paintings and Drawings of the Gypsies of Granada
Impressions of Gypsy culture in southern Spain by various writers and in the artwork of Jo Jones.
71 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1969
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Jo Jones
322 books13 followersJo Jones lives in the red-rock area of southern Utah. Her roots go deep into the red soil of cattle country, tended by four generations of ranchers.
She also keeps a tight hold on the ancestral string of her Scottish heritage and keeps a piece of her heart in the Highlands.
With a lifetime love for reading, and writing, she has a soft spot for richly detailed historical novels with characters who draw their strength and purpose from the land and their environment. And of course, each other.
She also keeps a tight hold on the ancestral string of her Scottish heritage and keeps a piece of her heart in the Highlands.
With a lifetime love for reading, and writing, she has a soft spot for richly detailed historical novels with characters who draw their strength and purpose from the land and their environment. And of course, each other.
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September 10, 2018
This is a collection of 43 drawings and paintings by Jo Jones, together with descriptive vignettes by the following authors:
Laurie Lee
Sacheverell Sitwell
Walter Starkie
Marguerite Steen
Augustus John
Jo Jones
The book is 12½" by 9". There are 71 numbered pages, but some of the pages with plates are unnumbered, so there are actually a few more.
Most pictures are presented in greyscale, although some are in colour. As to their quality, since I’m a total pleb in artistic matters, I must leave you to form your own judgment.
Laurie Lee, unfortunately, contributes only a short poem. The other sections embrace a selection of anecdotes and reminiscences from the 1920s to the date of publication, 1969. All these contributors appear from their narratives to be able to converse easily with the Gypsies, although their text produces several rather strange spellings (e.g. Caffé de Chinitas, aficiónadós).
I found the whole thing moderately interesting; for myself, if I wanted a single book on the subject, I would go for The Art of Flamenco, by Donn Pohren. But the point of the present opus is clearly the pictures primarily; and there, as I have said, I’m not qualified to judge.
Laurie Lee
Sacheverell Sitwell
Walter Starkie
Marguerite Steen
Augustus John
Jo Jones
The book is 12½" by 9". There are 71 numbered pages, but some of the pages with plates are unnumbered, so there are actually a few more.
Most pictures are presented in greyscale, although some are in colour. As to their quality, since I’m a total pleb in artistic matters, I must leave you to form your own judgment.
Laurie Lee, unfortunately, contributes only a short poem. The other sections embrace a selection of anecdotes and reminiscences from the 1920s to the date of publication, 1969. All these contributors appear from their narratives to be able to converse easily with the Gypsies, although their text produces several rather strange spellings (e.g. Caffé de Chinitas, aficiónadós).
I found the whole thing moderately interesting; for myself, if I wanted a single book on the subject, I would go for The Art of Flamenco, by Donn Pohren. But the point of the present opus is clearly the pictures primarily; and there, as I have said, I’m not qualified to judge.
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