African Traditional Architecture

Arts & Photography

Denyer, Susan

Architecture

Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc.

African traditional architecture: An historical and geographical perspective

Africana Publishing Company

Although its valleys, fells and lakes are the foundation of its appeal, the Lake District as we know it is very much a lived-in landscape shaped as much by the hand of man as nature. The patterns of settlement and the use of the fells and valley-bottom lands have changed comparatively little over the last 2000 years. Much of the region is now an historic landscape of considerable importance. The author sets out to show how this landscape can be read and interpreted to throw light on the way in which the Lake District's inhabitants lived and worked over the last three centuries. The book combines the results of building and landscape surveys with information culled from local records. It describes how the layout and disposition of houses and farm buildings and their furniture and fittings, together with human stories both tragic and humorous, illuminate the realities of everyday life; how homes were heated and lit; where and how people slept; what food was prepared and eaten; how animals were housed and how crops were grown.

Traditional Buildings and Life in the Lake District

Victor Gollancz

As an artist and story-teller Beatrix Potter is world-famous. She also worked to protect some of the finest examples of the Lake District's landscapes and created romantic interiors and a beautiful garden at Hill Top, the farmhouse she bought at Near Sawrey in 1905. Her picturesque house and the breathtaking scenery inspired many of Beatrix's stories and drawings, and this book looks at the intimate connection between the Lake District and her work. With numerous extracts from her letters and diaries, this illustrated book celebrates Potter's achievements in the Lake District and her major gifts to the National Trust.

Beatrix Potter : At Home in the Lake District

Frances Lincoln

The world famous artwork of Beatrix Potter needs little introduction it is as beloved as the familiar children’s stories it illustrates. But few know of her work in the gardens and interiors of Hill Top, the farmhouse Potter purchased in 1905. The estate and surrounding scenery inspired many of Potter’s stories and illustrations, and this gorgeously illustrated book shows Potter’s homes and her magnificent gardens beside those drawings, revealing the real-life sources for Peter Rabbit and many other Potter classics. The book also includes letters and diary excerpts, further exploring the relationship between Potter’s home in the Lake District and her iconic artwork. For those fans of Potter who want to delve further into her aesthetic underpinnings, this intimate look into Potter’s private world is a must-have.

At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Teen & Young Adult

Harry N. Abrams

Describes the childhood and vacation homes of the noted children's book author and considers their influence on her work, and offers an in-depth look at Hill Top Farm, including its gardens, grounds, and furnishings.

At Home With Beatrix Potter: The Creator Of Peter Rabbit

Children's Books

Susan Denyer's attractive book gives the first general introduction to the vernacular architecture of Africa. The traditional architecture of the people is fast gaining recognition as one of the more important aspects of the world's cultural heritage. In the case of Africa, most of the houses perish quickly when uninhabited leaving scant archaeological evidence. This book contributes towards the huge task of documentation that is needed to record the rich architectural heritage which is being wiped away by rapid social change. An outstanding feature of the book is the valuable collection of some 300 illustrations. They have been selected from a wide variety of sources and show the exceptional variety of building styles and forms in Africa. The photographs are used as evidence to reinforce the establishment of a conceptual framework. Malcolm McLeod, the Head Keeper of the Museum of Mankind (British Museum) has described them as 'an extremely interesting and important collection'. The chief merit of Denyer's survey lies in its comprehensive illustrations, the captions to which provide a concise yet informative commentary running parallel to the text. Denyer worked for the National Museum of Tanzania and was a Lecturer in Art and History at St. Peter's College of Education of Kaduna, Nigeria.

African Traditional Architecture: An Historical and Geographical Perspective

Holmes & Meier Pub

A scarce like-new trade softcover about traditional African archetecture.

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African Traditional Architecture

African traditional architecture: An historical and geographical perspective

Traditional Buildings and Life in the Lake District

Beatrix Potter : At Home in the Lake District

At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit

At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit

At Home With Beatrix Potter: The Creator Of Peter Rabbit

At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit

African Traditional Architecture: An Historical and Geographical Perspective

African Traditional Architecture