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Places of Pilgrimage
Scott Massie
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Description for Places of Pilgrimage
Paperback. Interprets - in word and image - the personalities of well-known and less familiar places of pilgrimage in Britain. Num Pages: 176 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210. .
Places of Pilgrimage is a record of the travels of artist Ian Scott Massie, as he seeks out the spirit of place of over 75 locations around Britain. In words and paintings, he explores the personality of these sites explaining, for example, what he feels on the spot where Saint Cuthbert’s coffin rooted itself to the earth, or the visions conjured up on crossing the sands to Holy Island. Some places, which have already been interpreted by people such as A. E. Houseman, Vaughn Williams and Stanley Spencer, are presented afresh. Some are very personal choices: the landscapes ... Read more
Places of Pilgrimage is a record of the travels of artist Ian Scott Massie, as he seeks out the spirit of place of over 75 locations around Britain. In words and paintings, he explores the personality of these sites explaining, for example, what he feels on the spot where Saint Cuthbert’s coffin rooted itself to the earth, or the visions conjured up on crossing the sands to Holy Island. Some places, which have already been interpreted by people such as A. E. Houseman, Vaughn Williams and Stanley Spencer, are presented afresh. Some are very personal choices: the landscapes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281075188
SKU
V9780281075188
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Ref
99-50
About Scott Massie
Ian Scott Massie exhibits regularly at galleries throughout Britain and has work in print with major art publishers, though the Masham Gallery remains his principal outlet. He is a founder and events coordinator of the Masham Arts Festival and a founder of Artison arts and crafts teaching studios near Masham, where he lives. He was a semi-finalist in BBC’s Mastermind ... Read more
Reviews for Places of Pilgrimage
Places of Pilgrimage is a captivating read and offers a fascinating and fresh way of seeing the country.
The Oxford Times
This lovely coffee-table style gift book provides a memoir of places of pilgrimage visited by the author together with short highlights about these places. The illustrations are beautiful watercolours that are highlighted by their simplicity of details ... Read more
The Oxford Times
This lovely coffee-table style gift book provides a memoir of places of pilgrimage visited by the author together with short highlights about these places. The illustrations are beautiful watercolours that are highlighted by their simplicity of details ... Read more