Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)

Golf and other related games have been a beloved pastime since the Middle Ages
Aside from golf, polo and various precursors to croquet, tennis, and field hockey are depicted
These folios represent a wonderful visual survey of the historical development of golf

Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)

Description

Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)

From the Scottish Highlands to the pleasure gardens of Persia, people have enjoyed playing golf and similar games since the Middle Ages. The game has enjoyed such popularity that it has appeared in works of art across the centuries in various artistic traditions, a survey of which is presented here.

Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)

Golf has been a beloved pastime since the Middle Ages. Here we have various images of golf and other related games like polo and palle-maille, a precursor to croquet, from across Europe and beyond. The compendium also includes Jeu de Paume, an indoor precursor to tennis, and Soule à la Crosse, a team sport whose rules fall somewhere between field hockey and golf. These depictions range from miniatures in books of hours, to Persian paintings, to works from the Dutch Golden Age. This is a wonderful visual survey of the development of golf that is sure to please devotees and historians alike.

Codicology

Alternative Titles: Golf in der Kunst der Jahrhunderte
Type: Manuscript
Date: 1350–1753
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Other Styles / Unknown
Gothic
Renaissance
Baroque
Islamic / Oriental
Genre: Single Leaf Collections
Games / Game Theory
Illustrations: 10 separate facsimile leaves

Available facsimile editions:

Facsimile Editions

#1 Golf in der Kunst der Jahrhunderte

Pro Sport Verlag – Munich, 1999

Publisher: Pro Sport Verlag – Munich, 1999

Limited Edition: 499 copies

Binding: Dark blue velvet-covered case with gold tooling on the front based on the cover of a book donated to the University of St Andrews by James Stewart, Commendator of St Andrews, in the early 16th century

Commentary: 1 volume
Language: German

Partial facsimile of the original “Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)”. The reproduction may cover only part of the original or differ from it in format, appearance or feel. The collection contains ten individual leaves depicting: competition in the long form of Pallemail, February calendar page from a Loire-region Book of Hours, circa 1475, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; two teams of three men playing jeu de paume, calendar page from a Book of Hours of the same region and date, same collection; teams playing soule à la crosse, November calendar page from the Hours of the Duchess of Burgundy (Adélaide de Savoir), circa 1460, Musée Condé, Chantilly; anonymous Persian master, Siáwusch playing mounted polo against Afrásiab, 1510–1540, paper manuscript of the Shāhnāma, Institute of Oriental Studies, Saint Petersburg; Adriaen van de Velde, Golfers on the Ice near Haarlem, 1668, oil on wood, National Gallery, London; Hendrick Avercamp, Kolf on the Ice of the River IJssel near Kampen, circa 1625; Willem Schellinks, Landscape with Cavaliers Playing Pall-Mall, 1678, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; S. ANDRE. SIVE ANDREAPOLIS Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana, manuscript bird's-eye plan of Saint Andrews attributed to John Geddy, circa 1580, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; man playing soule à la crosse, circa 1350, stained-glass roundel in Gloucester Cathedral's Great East Window; and men playing jeu de paume, circa 1450, illuminated August calendar page from a Tours-school Book of Hours, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.

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