- Paperback: 356 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (6 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571143024
- ISBN-13: 978-0571143023
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 102,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Eric Gill was perhaps the greatest English artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a typographer and lettercutter of genius and a master in the art of sculpture and wood-engraving.
'A wonderfully detailed account of his personality - so vivid, you feel you know just what it would have been like to visit him at one of his patriarchal communes . . . A Dominican, dining with the Gills, once thought he saw a nimbus shining around Eric's head. Despite the sexual improprieties it unearths, MacCarthy's authoritative biography allows you to understand how someone might have thought that.' John Carey, Sunday Times
About the Author
A well-known broadcaster and critic, Fiona MacCarthy established herself as one of the leading writers of biography in Britain with her widely acclaimed book Eric Gill, published in 1989. Her biography of Byron was described by A. N. Wilson as 'a flawless triumph' and William Morris won the Wolfson History Prize and the Writers' Guild Non-Fiction Award. She most recently published Last Curtsey, a memoir of her early life as a debutante Fiona is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2009.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. Eric Gill was a tough subject for the writer 'the problems and contradictions of Gill the man and Gill the artist are examined'. As well as his wife he slept with his family, his friend's wives, and even with a friend's husband, but the author does not let this cloud the fact he was a Genius. The illustrations of the numerous Gill typefaces are art in themselves. The story of the pudenda on Ariel outside the BBC in London is worthy of a film. 'The BBC Governors where invited to a preview. They were startled by what seemed to them a palpable exaggeration in the size of Ariel's pudenda. A meeting was called to discuss the matter.' If that does not tempt you to read the book nothing will? HIGHLY recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having never heard of Eric Gill, I found this book well researched, informative and at the same time easy to read. Furthermore it's non-judgemental when it comes to the more colourful aspects of his life.
There are a good few illustrations throughout the book. When reading about a person, drawing or sculpture, in most cases there is an associated photo or print included. Very helpful indeed.
There are a good few illustrations throughout the book. When reading about a person, drawing or sculpture, in most cases there is an associated photo or print included. Very helpful indeed.
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