Bøger af Richard Mayson

This book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on Portuguese wine, examines the terroirs that make this small but varied country so unique. It divides Portugal into four areas: Atlantic, mountains, the plains and the islands. Within each there are detailed descriptions of the wine regions, growers and the wines they produce.

Richard Mayson's Madeira: The islands and their wines is a unique guide to a unique wine. It considers the history and geography of the islands, the vineyards and the way in which the wines are made. A guide to the current producers and their typical wines follows, along with a chapter on the shippers, with tasting notes on more than 400 wines.

"No need to go to London to become a famous painter. You won't find better lamp-posts there." British painter Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) is best known for his depictions of life in busy industrial settings, but there is a great deal more to be read from the detail of his paintings. A master of observation and composition, he used street furniture to brilliant effect. Everyday objects--lampposts, telegraph poles, flag poles, fences, and sometimes just vertical posts with no apparent use--formed an important part of his busy industrial scenes. Lamps, in particular, became a subject in their own right in his later, quieter, solitary works. Richard Mayson, who was brought up in the same village as L. S. Lowry and holds a passion for street lamps and street furniture, explores some of Lowry's best-known works, highlighting his use of lamps and street furniture in his handling of configuration, perspective, and color. Mayson compares Lowry's treatment of street furniture to the paintings' real-life source material--Salford and Manchester streets from 1916 to the 1970s--and illustrates how his work evolved. Finally, Mayson considers Lowry's expression of solitude, an aspect of his life often conveyed in his later work. This in-depth look at the perennially popular work of L. S. Lowry is illustrated with seventy color plates, many from private collections and previously unseen, that are reproduced here for the first time.