‘McAuley… traces the long, vexed relationship of these families with materiality, their faith that they could “create something beautiful in an increasingly hostile environment”, their attempt to control works of art as they could not control life.’
‘McAuley… traces the long, vexed relationship of these families with materiality, their faith that they could “create something beautiful in an increasingly hostile environment”, their attempt to control works of art as they could not control life.’