I found this wonderful Penguin classic in Oxfam and I am so thrilled, it is just the perfect display of English visual heritage and culture. It's a 1945 edition and has the most luxurious lithograph illustrations. The essay at the beginning will be very informative and hopefully of use in my developing COP studies in visual heritage but for now I am looking only at the illustrations.
Images of embroidered samplers, Staffordshire ceramics and trade cards create a visual history lesson in the culture of British objects but these spreads of toys and lifestyle cultures are the most engaging to me. The saturation of colour in these images seems so celebratory and seems to speak of the value of objects in more restricted periods of livings.
The vibrant colours seem so exciting, creating a narrative of pride in this visual culture. The spread below resonates with me most as I am so keen to explore British heritage in my emerging practice by developing a research practice around the objects that have informed certain eras and ways of living. I am keen to develop a knowledge of the psychological value of objects and this book provides a concise introduction to visual culture in everyday objects.
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