Philip Hughes Bücher

From Karinjini in the west to Fraser Island in the east, via the northern Kimberley and far southwest of Tasmania, Painting the Ancient Land of Australia follows painter Philip Hughes, palette in hand, across the length and breadth of the country. Hughes's work is defined by his breathtaking portrayals of natural landscapes and human interventions, informed and inspired by maps and aerial photographs. With a bold graphic style complemented by expressive blocks of colour, Hughes's practice seems particularly suited to the Australian landscape, as notable for its ecological nuances as it is for its stark extremes. Featuring work created over a span of three decades, a mixture of elegant sketches alongside larger painted artworks, Painting the Ancient Land of Australia presents a deeply personal exploration of a continent.

The third volume delves into a pivotal era in Church history from 1270 to 1517, exploring the political and theological crises that set the stage for the Protestant Reformation. It examines significant events such as the Avignon Captivity, the return to Rome, and the Western Schism, marking the transition from medieval times to the Renaissance. Hughes highlights the key figures and movements, culminating in Martin Luther's challenge to the Church, providing a comprehensive yet accessible account of this transformative period.

Focusing on the historical context of the Catholic Church, this volume offers a detailed examination of its development in the West and East. Philip Hughes moves beyond a strict chronological approach, exploring the Church's evolution within a "politically Roman and culturally Hellenic" framework. The narrative covers the West up to Constantine's conversion in the fourth century and the East until the death of Justinian II in the eighth century, highlighting the complex interplay of cultural and political influences on the Church's history.

A new selection from Philip Hughes' unpublished notebooks going back over twenty-five years. In an astonishing collection of twenty-seven notebooks created over a quarter of a century, Philip Hughes has sought to capture the spirit of a place: its geological structure, its relationship with the surrounding landscape, and its occasional signs of human intervention. These painterly but topographically precise notebooks record moments when the artist has been moved to draw what he can see, whether from the shelter of a standing stone in Orkney, Scotland, from the air over the Simpson desert in Australia, or from a postal boat sailing through the Norwegian fjords. Pieced together by Hughes himself from over a thousand drawings, this is a logbook of momentary observations. Some are swift sketches of fields or horizons, others are slower studies of lichen and flowers in Antarctica, or lines of quartz in granite in Cornwall. The depth of feeling and knowledge Hughes has for different terrains and climates underpins the beauty of this essential and inspiring selection of notebooks.