The Meaning of Art

Informationen zum Autor Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968) was a poet, and a literary and art critic. His experiences in the trenches led to his first collections of poetry; these in turn introduced him to the London literary world, and he contributed to T. S. Eliot's journal The Criterion . From 1922 to 1931 he was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1931, when his influential primer The Meaning of Art was first published, he became professor in fine art at the University of Edinburgh, before taking on the editorship of the Burlington Magazine . An influential figure in the art world, he was one of the organisers of the 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition and co-founded the Institute of Contemporary Art with Roland Penrose in 1947. Klappentext Explains the persistence of certain principles and aspirations throughout the history of art. This title provides a basis for the appreciation of paintings, sculpture and art-objects of all periods by defining the elements that went into their making. Zusammenfassung Explains the persistence of certain principles and aspirations throughout the history of art. This title provides a basis for the appreciation of paintings, sculpture and art-objects of all periods by defining the elements that went into their making.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Read, Read Herbert
• Assisted by: Will Gompertz (Introduction), Gompertz Will (Introduction)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9780571329755
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32975-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 199 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Faber Modern Classics; Faber Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, History of Art, Fine arts: treatments & subjects