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David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.

27 January 2017

Drawing People :-) The Human Figure in :-[ Contemporary Art :-| by Roger Malbert } {

Drawing People: The Human Figure in Contemporary Art

Published by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers
Edited and with text by Roger Malbert
Flexibound, 9.5 x 13.5 inches
256 pages, 275 color images
ISBN 9781938922688, 45 USD / 23 GBP / 33 EUR (appx.)
Distributed by ARTBOOK | D.A.P.

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extract writ large in The Age print version (today)

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