tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post3039651861712800417..comments2024-03-28T10:33:47.385+11:00Comments on Kate Constable's Blog: The Story of ArtA latte beckonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-250328192018635752016-11-02T11:39:32.381+11:002016-11-02T11:39:32.381+11:00I would excited to see Constable's Haywain, to...I would excited to see Constable's Haywain, too, for obvious reasons (though I'm not sure if our family is really related - but surely we must be distantly connected!)<br /><br />I'm sure you're right about it not being intended to be consumed from cover to cover, but I am a thorough person. And it was worth it, I think!A latte beckonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-51282731808352334322016-11-01T20:54:40.192+11:002016-11-01T20:54:40.192+11:00I read this at school. It was our Year 12 Art text...I read this at school. It was our Year 12 Art textbook and very readable. I don't think it was ever meant to be read cover to cover - anyway, we didn't have to. We read the buts we needed. It's very useful when an art student asks me about something, because he covers just about everything. I remember my first visit to the National Gallery in London, when I finally saw paintings I'd only ever seen in Gombrich, and oh, I was so excited! I remember amusing a security guard when I gasped, "Oh, my God, it's Constable's Haywain!"Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com