"Fit Cradle of the Reviving Art": An inquiry into the the Evolving Material Reality of the Murals in the Camposanto of Pisa from the Perspective of their British Reception from the 17th to the 19th century

The Camposanto of Pisa is an extraordinarily complex and evocative monument, which has captured the imagination of pilgrims, both religious and secular, for centuries. The late Medieval and early Renaissance wall paintings that line the perimeter of the portico surrounding a vast inner courtyard, are unparalleled in early Italian art, not only for their striking variety of composition and narrative complexity, but also for the sheer grandeur of their proportion. However, the passage of time has scarred the structure of the Camposanto and inflicted terrible damage on its wall paintings. This thesis explores the material reality of the Camposanto as experienced over three centuries through the eyes of British travelers. In order to situate the Camposanto mural cycle within an historical and cultural context, the first chapter provides an overview of the construction and decoration of the monument. Notably, Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), the Italian Humanist often recognized as the father of art history, included numerous descriptions of the Camposanto murals in his highly influential text Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Accordingly, the second chapter provides an analysis of Vasari’s descriptions and reflects upon the influence that the Renaissance author may have had upon the subsequent British reception of the Camposanto murals. The third chapter utilizes three centuries of travel writing in order to investigate the aesthetic impact of the Camposanto mural cycle upon British tourists from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth century.

The complete economical cook and frugal housewife : an entirely new system of domestic cookery : containing approved directions for purchasing, preserving, and cooking : also, trussing and carving, preparing soups, gravies, sauces, made dishes, potting, pickling, &c. : with directions for pastry and confectionery : likewise the art of making British wines, brewing, baking, &c. /

"Bills of fare": p. 63-90; "Table of income and wages": p. 426; "Marketing tables": p. [427]-432.

British mezzotinto portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : accompanied by biographical notes, and appendix of a selection of the prices produced at public sales by some of the specimens, down to the present time /

Includes indexes.

Practical building construction; a handbook for students preparing for the examinations of the Science and Art Department, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Surveyors' Institution, etc. Designed also as a book of reference for persons engaged in building,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Waddesdon Bequest. The collection of Jewels, Plate, and other works of art, bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothsehild, a trustee of the museum.

Mode of access: Internet.

The British angler's manual; or, The art of angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland: with some account of the principal rivers, lakes, and trout streams, in the United Kingdom; with instructions in fly-fishing, trolling, and angling at the bottom, and more particularly for the trout.

This is a paginal reprint of the 1st edition. The plates are on China paper, mounted.

Catalogue of the ivory carvings of the Christian era with examples of Mohammedan art and carvings in bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum,

Preface signed: C.H. Read.

The British fruit-gardener; and art of pruning: comprising, the most approved methods of planting and raising every useful fruit-tree and fruit-bearing-shrub: etc., the true successful practice of pruning, etc., and full directions concerning soils, situations, and exposures.

Mode of access: Internet.

The British angler's manual, or, The art of angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, with instructions in fly-fishing, trolling, and angling at the bottom.

Embellished with engravings from pictures and drawings by the author.

The British farmer's cyclopaedia; or, Complete agricultural dictionary, including every science or subject dependant on, or connected with improved modern husbandry; with the breeding, feeding, and management of live stock, the modern art of farriery, cure of the diseases of dogs, the management of bees, the culture of fruit and forest trees, of cyder, of malt liquor, and made wines

Title-page preceded by engr. t.p. for 2d ed., 1808.

Art of the British empire overseas,

"Dealing with the work of the leading landscape painters of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa."--Pref. note.

A general dictionary of painters; containing memoirs of the lives and works of the most eminent professors of the art of painting, from its revival, by Cimabue, in the year 1250, to the present time. A new edition, revised and corrected throughout, with numerous additions, particularly of the most distinguished artists of the British school.

Mode of access: Internet.

Craft, process and art : teaching and learning music composition in higher education

This paper explores models of teaching and learning music composition in higher education. It analyses the pedagogical approaches apparent in the literature on teaching and learning composition in schools and universities, and introduces a teaching model as: learning from the masters; mastery of techniques; exploring ideas; and developing voice. It then presents a learning model developed from a qualitative study into students’ experiences of learning composition at university as: craft, process and art. The relationship between the students’ experiences and the pedagogical model is examined. Finally, the implications for composition curricula in higher education are presented.