- Paperback: 138 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (12 Mar 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719555620
- ISBN-13: 978-0719555626
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,136,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work brings together John Betjeman's poems and prose and Paul Hogarth's paintings about the Church. Together, they demonstrate Betjeman's intimate knowledge of and love for the Church, both High and Low, and also his joy in the comedies and the small details of Church life.
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In this book Betjeman has captured the intimate world of church life, with its architecture, clergy, congregation and ritual. Betjeman's life was infused by a personal love of the Church and his understanding and experience of its architecture and its ritual make him one of the most absorbing guides to aspects of church life. Betjeman wrote a great deal about the Curch throughout his life and much of his best-loved writing is on the subject. Paul Hogarth's sensitivity to architecture and place has made him one of the most popular living artists and here he accompanies Betjeman's words with marvellous evocations of the churches set in churchyards and wider landscapes and of those details within that were so important to Betjeman and which fascinate the observant eye.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is one of a series of three, the other two being The Illistrated Poems and The Illustrated Summoned By Bells. As with the other two, the contents are all re-hashes of Betjeman's work, but with added watercolour illustrations to enhance them. A great deal of thought has gone into the content of both the the selected written material and the illustations.
For me, an avid fan who has visited Betjeman's home territory and final resting place at St. Enodoc's Church on many occasions, the sections of prose and watercolours featuring St. Protus and St. Hyacinth Church at Blisland, coupled with those of St. Enodoc's Church at Trebetherick, make it worth buying the book to read these two sections alone.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
amazing artistic book
11 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
This book definitely could not be a best seller as popular fictions, but it's good for all artists---if you were an architect, painter, or poet...you'll love it. It birngs together poems, prose and painting in a way that will delight, surprise and enthuse all of us. I am happy to find this book from Amazon. Two years ago, I bought a book "Graham Green Country" which is the travelling sketchbook of Paul Hogarth, I found Hogarth is a wonderful watecolour artist, I like his painting with exceptionally free style but sometimes with very neat details. So, I traced his illustrated book " In praise of Churches", in which, his 80 water colour paintings are so impressive , vivid and delight. The author John Betjeman is famous in poem and prose. I am surprised that he is also so keen on architecture. Don't be boring about the old churches, ---in this book, it's all concerning the churches of 500 years ago---the author's life was infused by deep and very personal love of the churches. he said " I know no greater pleaseure than church crawling" ----when we are reading his note and illustrations, we will feel great fun and enjoyment and following his crawling. sometimes about the details of churches, sometimes you can find the wonderful prose, verse, poems and hymns. I particularly like the author's notes on the architectural side of churches. First, he can vision the environment, the stone paving, the church yard, the graves,...and then about the detail artistic fittings such as door knocker, stonework,the gargoyles, altar,doorhinges,the bell, the sun dial,the lectem, the calligraphy.... even the notice board!!---all those, with Hogarth's fascinating paintings! When you are entering the church, please don't forget to find out are there any artwork of your church?.....please enjoy the peaceful life with art.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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10 Oct 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful collection of poems and paintings with some history thrown in for good measure. The poems are a great collection. Some amuse, some inspire, and some evoke introspection. The book is a volume of great material for the church lover. We have had the opportunity to incorporate some of the poems into worship services with much success.
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