Tuesday, October 6, 2009

john piper...Windsor town, railway and the Curfew Tower and Horseshoe Cloister, Windsor Castle


from spectator.uk:
Good artists, great artists have their own distinctive, unmistakable dye. And John Piper (1903-1992) — perhaps half-way between good and great — was of their number. In the course of this magnificent book by Frances Spalding, we encounter many descriptions of his style when he was in his prime, some of them by leading authors and critics. They vary; but they are all of the same ‘family’.

see "Fiery Genius" review in Spectator.uk.