This study of the Pinwill Sisters traces their woodcarving designs across Cornwall and Devon, emphasizing place as part a wider aesthetic revolution. It addresses in particular skill craft Violet (1874–1957), studying her artistry alongside other woodcarvers such Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721), well artists later into twentieth century (Barbara Hepworth John Skeaping).

In its self-affirmation in the cultural field and defiance of extremes Symbolism, Acmeism insisted on diversity creative possibilities, preference worldly content to otherworldly, development a clear transparent artistic form, self-identity realities, their balance. All this testified tendency classical artistry, which determines not only form works (language poetic style, composition) but (cir...

Abstract One dominant issue in the writing of music histories is question how (or indeed whether) a musician's life and work can be interwoven convincingly. In recent years, biographers have begun to reassess historical legacies many significant musicians with this mind, but their critical reflections for most part focused on composers. This article seeks transfer some rethinking – particularly...