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A Little Book of Angels
Featuring superb color photographs, this collection presents angels in stained-glass windows, alabaster statues, and painted ceilings in churches and chapels all over Britain as well as other locations, including San Raphael in Venice. They range from remarkable medieval art from the lute-playing angels at Cawston in Suffolk, through Victorian angels by William Morris in Derbyshire, to modern stained-glass angels by the great glassmaker Harry Clarke at Sturminster Newton in Dorset.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2008
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August 7, 2022
a nice little volume. it doesn't go into much detail but the text there is is very well researched and interesting - and the pictures are good! all i could ask for.
February 24, 2015
I think it was in 2012 when I found my copy of Mike Harding's A Little Book of Angels at the used book store. The photos of angelic images on stained glass captured my interest as I flipped through the pages. When I looked at them a bit more carefully, I knew I had to purchase the book!
In the introduction Mr. Harding wrote that we depict divine or supernatural beings according to the time we live in. The gorgeous photos in A Little Book of Angels reveal to the audience that the author is right. Depictions of angels in the earliest stained glass images were apparently influenced by the costumes of medieval Mystery plays. Those in the stained glass images of the Victorian era look rather dignified, a possible reflection of Britain's national self-confidence during that period. Throughout the book the audience observes the angelic images were also influenced by different schools and themes such as creation, judgment, and innocence. The author points these things out, of course.
The author's tone is gentle and learned but not academic. The impression his book has on me is not so much the result of information as it is the photos. I reckon that is what Mr. Harding intended to do with A Little Book of Angels – primarily impress the audience with angelic imagery of many eras, schools, and themes. The photos are his own, I should add. Browsing the photos page by page is almost like a tour through famous churches in Lancashire, Norfolk, Warwick, and other lovely places in Britain. My two favourite images were the Throne from Barton Turf on page 13 and the one of Michael from Martham on page 26.
I recommend this book to readers who are at least young adults. It would be impressive to a reader who loves images of angels, especially those seen in old British parish churches and cathedrals.
A Little Book of Angels by Mike Harding was published in 2008 by Aurum Press Ltd. It is 69 pages long and part of the author's "The Little Book" series. ISBN 9781845133054.
In the introduction Mr. Harding wrote that we depict divine or supernatural beings according to the time we live in. The gorgeous photos in A Little Book of Angels reveal to the audience that the author is right. Depictions of angels in the earliest stained glass images were apparently influenced by the costumes of medieval Mystery plays. Those in the stained glass images of the Victorian era look rather dignified, a possible reflection of Britain's national self-confidence during that period. Throughout the book the audience observes the angelic images were also influenced by different schools and themes such as creation, judgment, and innocence. The author points these things out, of course.
The author's tone is gentle and learned but not academic. The impression his book has on me is not so much the result of information as it is the photos. I reckon that is what Mr. Harding intended to do with A Little Book of Angels – primarily impress the audience with angelic imagery of many eras, schools, and themes. The photos are his own, I should add. Browsing the photos page by page is almost like a tour through famous churches in Lancashire, Norfolk, Warwick, and other lovely places in Britain. My two favourite images were the Throne from Barton Turf on page 13 and the one of Michael from Martham on page 26.
I recommend this book to readers who are at least young adults. It would be impressive to a reader who loves images of angels, especially those seen in old British parish churches and cathedrals.
A Little Book of Angels by Mike Harding was published in 2008 by Aurum Press Ltd. It is 69 pages long and part of the author's "The Little Book" series. ISBN 9781845133054.
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