Charles Frederick de Brocktorff: Watercolours of Malta at the National Library, Valletta (Volume I & Volume II)
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The first volume, which won the prestigious National Book Award 2008, features Maltese rural landscapes and the social customs of the time. The second and final volume of the publication discusses Brocktorff’s Valletta views. The 42 paintings depict interior views of St John’s Co-Cathedral, the Palace, the Library as well as a number of open-air views of Valletta’s buildings and gardens as well as the Grand Harbour. The author gives a stylistic analysis of the paintings, while placing them in their art historical context. Their documentary value is also discussed, as a historic viewpoint of some of the most significant historic buildings in Malta. Of particular importance are the watercolours showing the interior of the Palace that underwent major changes in the early years of the British period, in the early twentieth century and once again in the years following Malta’s Independence in 1964.
Format: Paperback, both volumes being no 425 of a limited edition having 600 numbered copies,
No of pages: Vol 1 – 262 & Vol II – 274
Published: Vol I – 2007 & Vol II – 2008
(set of 24 A3 prints not included).
The first volume, which won the prestigious National Book Award 2008, features Maltese rural landscapes and the social customs of the time. The second and final volume of the publication discusses Brocktorff’s Valletta views. The 42 paintings depict interior views of St John’s Co-Cathedral, the Palace, the Library as well as a number of open-air views of Valletta’s buildings and gardens as well as the Grand Harbour. The author gives a stylistic analysis of the paintings, while placing them in their art historical context. Their documentary value is also discussed, as a historic viewpoint of some of the most significant historic buildings in Malta. Of particular importance are the watercolours showing the interior of the Palace that underwent major changes in the early years of the British period, in the early twentieth century and once again in the years following Malta’s Independence in 1964.
Format: Paperback, both volumes being no 425 of a limited edition having 600 numbered copies,
No of pages: Vol 1 – 262 & Vol II – 274
Published: Vol I – 2007 & Vol II – 2008
(set of 24 A3 prints not included).
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