The Art of the Chalk Downs (Ravilious, Nash and Others)
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Product Details
Author:
James Russell, Chris Stephens
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
176
Publisher:
Pallas Athene (December 15, 2026)
Imprint:
Pallas Athene
Release Date:
December 15, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781843682943
ISBN-10:
184368294X
Weight:
19.22oz
Dimensions:
10.039" x 8.071"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_04172026_P9969852_onix30-20260417.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$55.00
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
1
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$42.35
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Overview
The Art of the Chalk Downs looks at the engagement of modern painters including Paul and John Nash and Eric Ravilious with the chalk downs landscapes of southern England.
In the 1910s and 1920s the unique landscape of the chalk downs of southern England began to exert a new fascination on writers, historians, archaeologists and artists. Modernists such as Paul and John Nash, Eric Ravilious and William Nicholson immersed themselves in exploring these enigmatic, ancient places. The stark, rolling forms of the downs suited the modern aesthetic, offering a place where prehistory and modernity could converge.
With the growing political tensions of the 1930s, this modern engagement with ancient landscape took on a symbolism that still resonates. Images of Britain evolved as the downs became both symbols of wartime vulnerability and resilience and the site of machine gun emplacements and crashed aeroplanes.
Art of the Chalk Downs investigates this extraordinary collision of ancient and modern, idea and place, and the network of artists who worked and lived there. Seventy-five plates of paintings, watercolors, prints and photographs are accompanied by texts written by leading art historians James Russell and Stephens.
In the 1910s and 1920s the unique landscape of the chalk downs of southern England began to exert a new fascination on writers, historians, archaeologists and artists. Modernists such as Paul and John Nash, Eric Ravilious and William Nicholson immersed themselves in exploring these enigmatic, ancient places. The stark, rolling forms of the downs suited the modern aesthetic, offering a place where prehistory and modernity could converge.
With the growing political tensions of the 1930s, this modern engagement with ancient landscape took on a symbolism that still resonates. Images of Britain evolved as the downs became both symbols of wartime vulnerability and resilience and the site of machine gun emplacements and crashed aeroplanes.
Art of the Chalk Downs investigates this extraordinary collision of ancient and modern, idea and place, and the network of artists who worked and lived there. Seventy-five plates of paintings, watercolors, prints and photographs are accompanied by texts written by leading art historians James Russell and Stephens.
